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As an Amtrak employee, who has utilized most forms of transport, I know that the rails is the best of them all. Some of you responding don't realize that we must least the use of the tracks from the freight railroads that we "MUST" run our trains over to get to your destination. If the bus companies and the airline companies had to pay for the use of the sky or the highways, I can bet, things in their industries would change dramatically! Let's do a little reality check here! The rail industry gets approximently 2% of the outlays from the Department of Transportation budget. This finding was done by several of our unions. Meanwhile, the highways get approximently 52% and the airline industry get 25%! If these findings are correct, then that mean rail industry(Amtrak included) gets a whopping 2 cents out of every dollar the Department of Transportation dishes out! Can you survive on 2 cents??! I don't think any of us can survive on 2 cents, so why then you, the riding public, ask us to perform miracles on 2 cents. The airline industry was in the dog house before 9-11 came along, but you don't hear anyone complaining on how bad they are! I have flown many times before, and I can tell you, I've had my share of delays from them as well, either waiting to take off, waiting for my connecting flight(sometimes due to lack of a plane), or waiting to land while watching the same scenery again and again. Plus, when you are delayed on the highways, who are you going to complain to then?? Both the highways and airlines are still in trouble, but you'll accept those malidies, but not anything when it comes to Amtrak. You are as hypocritical as that phony government and president that are currently running(ruining) this country!!
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