«Now, the question, after over a full year of progress and tremendous strides in accountability,
opening access to care, improving access to benefits, tackling mental health, and strengthening relations with stakeholders, is whether the President is ready to turn the keys to the VA over to ideologues who have designs on having VA go the way of
railroads, airports, energy
companies, postal services, and other businesses that have been privatized — and have also proven profitable for a few,» he said in the statement.
This is also where the Modesto & Empire Traction
Company was founded, which built the
railroad that
opened up Modesto's transportation to other parts of the county.