May 12, 2011 1:27PM 

# Thursday Links 

By Cato Editors 

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- Is saving 1,315 people 12 minutes a day [worth](http://www.detnews.com/article/20110512/MIVIEW/105120336/1467/opinion01/O-Toole--The-Great-Train-Con) $196.5 million?
- You don’t need a [PLAN](http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/spammer-chief) when you have Twitter.
- The EPA, the price of [copper](http://blogs.forbes.com/patrickmichaels/2011/05/12/the-environmental-protection-agency-comes-a-copper/), and the car you drive.
- GM has had a few profitable quarters. The federal government still needs to divest from the auto industry, even if taxpayers take an immediate hit.

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