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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by gabe</i> <br /><br />I wasn't altogether serious. Although, one would be naive to believe that pork doesn't play a part in Amtrak development--often to the detriment of Amtrak. I am sure Amtrak hates it as much as I do. If they know they are only getting 1.5 Billion dollars of funding in a particular year; it really has to burn to have pork force x amount of those dollars into areas that aren't as needing of capital as compared to others. <br /> <br />I think David Gunn was hinting at this problem during his recent talk on the problems with Accela. <br /> <br />Gabe <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Well Gabe, <br /> <br />Welcome to the political land of government funding. Now, if those politicos that designed this Amtrak that absolved capitalist from their responsibilities a funding source, none of what we have watched or will watch would be necessary. <br /> <br />Amtrak today would be happily operating, just like the post office! <br /> <br />Jim
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