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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by slotracer Speaking of flaws, "A Major portion of americans want Amtrak to exist"....if this was so, many mor people would be voting with their dollars and riding it, and it would not require massive subsidies to buy down the cost of operating the system o that ticketrs can be sold at anywhere near market value....to the minute percentage of the population that will ride it. I don't mean to sound insulting, just getting to the fact that times have moved on, people have moved on, for right or wrong, yet we continue to fund something that the population, and times have mostly rejected. If I had my way, TV's would be abolished in facor of old radios with great shows to listen to, apple pies would be scratch made and cool in open windows and Auto teechnology would go back a number of decades, people would live at a slower pace and not need to get everywhere by air so fast, neighbors would know each other and a sense of community would return (Yes unbelievably I am a republican) but I realize these great things are unfortunately past, and I/We cannot make them return on a mass scale. I can scratch make a pie and get involved in my community, but I cannot make the passenger train vibrant and popular again......I reaize those things I can help change and those things beyond my control is all....... [/quote] This is like living in the past. Just because you THINK things are old=fashioned doesn't mean it's so. Rail is on a renaissance. Light rail, commuter rail, long-distance rail. Commuter rail ridership is increasing. AMTRAK HAS ITS MOST RIDERS EVER! Speaking of radio, an overwhelming majority of the public - 3/4 - has rejected AM radio. Yet it still exists and has an audience. So.... we shouldn't have talk radio or sports radio? The market is still there. A good number of Americans ride trains. Those numbers would increase if more resources and routes were provided. Yet, some "railfans" want to ignore this fact and want to rage against Amtrak like it's the biggest evil in the world.
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