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And yet, privatization HAS worked in other fields. Why dismiss it, without even trying? Can't we try both routes, and see which works? After all, Gunn is wrong -- perhaps he thinks the Amtrak model can work, but it never has! Before you write me about the inefficiencies of Congress, let me say this -- I agree! They never got off their butts and made a decision about this! But here is the secret -- Congress has always been that way, since day nought. So that had to be accomodated in any evaluation of the Amtrak model. So long as Amtrak requires Congressional approval for funding, and so long as it is subject to Congressional whims for such things as, "I want a train for my district" style pork, Amtrak will not work. I do not agree that because "Every other nation" etc... etc... I DO agree that Amtrak, as it lays now, and as Gunn would have it, would always require operating subsidies. But that no passenger system can exist without subisidies, because no other nation does, is like going back in time and suggestiong that we needed a monarch, because no other nation in 1776 ruled without some despot at the reigns. "Everyone else does it" is NOT a reason to do anything, ever. Likewise I do not agree that privatization or the ARC reforms are an avoidance. They are an honest attempt at a solution that is appropriate for the 21st century USA, not FDR's America. Lastly, I DO agree with Mister Gunn's last qoute. Realism, dedication, intiative, loyalty, and not just wishing it so, is the key to success. I find more and more that Mister Gunn and I disagree on many things, but agree on others. What I do find refreshing is that, despite these disagreements, Gunn is a straightforward guy. He beleives what he says and he is very, very honest. Just read his comments in the Washington Post today re Acela. And so, despite our disagreements, I respect Gunn, in a way that I never respected Warrington. And so, I am merely being honest with you. Best, Alexander
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