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Bush Budget to Scrap Subsidy for Amtrak
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It's the same stupid decision taken by menem in Argentina during the 1990's: the consequences were the massive closing of nearby all the industries related with the railways and the shops of passenger equipment, lost of the job for thousands of specialized workers, de-population of small towns who relyed heavily in railways for communication with the rest of the country. <br />Province-owned passenger trains were underfinancied, so their services were slow, scarce and unpleasant, not competence for the bus. <br />Today, the Argentine Goverment wants to run again interprovince trains, but hasn't the money and the once proud railway industry not longer exists, so as today the few intercity trains that runs are very, very few, and for the near future the Goverment is searching for second-hand passenger materiel around the world! <br />I hope this didn't happen to you. <br />From Buenos Aires, The Greekest <br />
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