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<p>[quote user="schlimm"]</p> <p>Guys, enough already!  We all know Amtrak is subsidized and by whom and why.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, Amtrak is heavily subsidized, but that is not the point of discussing the definition of subsidy.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Defenders of Amtrak always point to its subsidy and claim that the subsidy is not objectionable because we subsidize other forms of transportation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>That is why we need to define what is a subsidy.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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