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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan O.K, let me get this right.... You are opposed to the government owning Amtrak, you are opposed in the tax payers paying for it because it isn't working, you are opposed in trying to find ways in order to make the service less of a burden to tax payers. Even though the railroads don't want to do it, and people acknowledges that the passenger service is a demand but is not profitable for private enterprise-I am basically getting from you that Amtrak should be privatised anyways. Basically what you are telling me is meaningful and modern solutions be damned and to hell with modern thinking because it is "unconstitutional". The more I here your positions, the more I wonder what they are. You have absolutely no idea or care to have an idea, how to use more innovative ways of fixing a problem. You are quick to call me a commie if I give a logical solution to a rather simple problem. You are always quick to shoot other people down for having similar positions because it is too modern or too advanced-thinking supposedly. I am all for freedoms but there comes a time in ones life that you must realize that you have to do better. If something isn't working than fix it. If there is a problem with the way Amtrak is working because it is using 1940's logic than fix it with 2020 or beyond logic. The "it's against the constitution" crap can only be used so often before that excuse becomes lame. I believe a constitution is to protect folk against injustice only and not to protect the selfish from taking responsible steps to prevent hardships for future generations. [/quote] NO. You are wrong, as usual. I would very much like to see Amtrak properly funded both on a capital and operating basis. I'd like to see it operated in a fiscally responsible way to minimize the burden on U.S. Taxpayers and ensure all stakeholders are getting value. Conversely, you'd like to make this about what YOU want, regardless of what the laws, rules and dictates of reason require. What good are all your "great" ideas if they can't and won't ever work??! That isn't progressive thinking, that is just plain DREAMING. I live in reality, not fantasy. If our government, through our duly elected representatives opts to make major changes to Amtrak there will be wide ranging and substantial consequences. What you suggest would require radical changes for questionable benefit. It is SO far beyond the pale as to stretch reality to think it will ever come to pass. It's nice to have plans and to discuss realistic ideas. When you repeatedly propose that extreme solutions be imposed upon private companies and individuals that would fundamentally change not just railroads but our way of life, it destroys those small shreds of credibility you have and causes me to find your ideas a complete waste of time. LC
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