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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by letzerich President Bush, in his $ 2.75 trillion budget proposal has sounded the death knell for Amtrak with the elimination of the $ 1.2 billion annual subsidy. This is long overdue as Amtrak has not been viable for the last several years, I'm not sure that the wole endeavour wasn't still born at conception. [/quote] Not viable to WHOM? So Amtrak share of intercity travel is 1% comapred to like 85% highways and 12% air and 2% bus. Teachers represent about 2% of U.S. society with farmers a little less. They're insignificant? Tell that to 25 million people that rode the system last year, despite Amtrak being attacked left and right. Given Washington's three decades of stiffing Amtrak when it comes to funding, actually decreasing rail funding in gigantic amounts while increasing highway and air funding (those aren't subsidized, right!), it's a miracle Amtrak has the market share it has now. Record ridership. More than anytime in the past three decades.
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