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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I am willing to blame "W" for a lot of things that are wrong in this country, but if Amtrak dies on his watch, I would consider it a mercy killing.[}:)] [/quote] Not a mercy killing, but a murder. "If we just keep denigrating it in the media, cut its funding every year (while generously raising funding for AIR and HIGHWAYS) this monster that consumes all of the DOT's budget will go away... I know it will because that's our right-wing creed. Anything run by the gov'ment is bad. Repeat after me..." See how that works? Tell a lie long enough, and people believe it. Yeah, like the myth that Amtrak is only for well-heeled tourists who spend lots of money. A visit any major terminal will dispel that whopper. Or that "trains are best for short-distance corridors while LD trains run empty..." Uh-oh. The average LD traveler travels by 800 miles on a train. Or this one... most of Amtrak's travelers are vacationers or pleasure travel, like rail buffs. So it shouldn't be subsidised, since as well all know, airlines carry mostly business travel... Uh-oh again. The majority of travel in the U.S. over 100 miles distance is, my goodness, for personal reasons. That gem from the Bureau of Transportation Stats. Yep, just what the boys at Cato, Heritage, et. al., dribble. You appear to have bought that BS hook, line and sinker. Are you going to recommend killing highway funding? AIrport funding? The costs of law enforcement and the millions of other indirect subsidies our government provides non-rail transportation. Sure. Amtrak is evil and must be stopped. Kill all travel choices. We're railfans. We know what's best for you!
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