A 1% SOLUTION - Financing Electrification, Increased Capacity, Higher Speed USA RR's

So, what is 1% of annual IMPORT OF GOODS AND SERVICES AND INCOME PAYMENTS for the USA?

For 2010 it was two trillion and eight hundred thirty five billion dollars.*

1%. One per cent.

A one per cent tariff would generate 28 billion dollars a year.

In exchange for the 1% the world invests in pax americana.

America could do a lot of things with 1%. America would create a national defense non-oil based transportation system, increase rail speed and capacity to create a logical proportion of ton miles performed between highway and rail, and higher speed rail and capacity would allow for a more efficient method to make passenger miles.

*See: http://www.bea.gov/international/index.htm#bop. Click on "U.S. International Transactions, 1960 to present for an excel file. (Note: 2008 saw a high of $3.2 trillion.)