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[quote user="DMUinCT"] With some people (in Washington), It's all about money, not people!  [/quote] Ultimately, its about money for everyone.  If you think this is not true, try messing with Social Security benefits, military retiree benefits, or teacher retirement pay. Given the size of the debt, there are many people in the U.S., including this rail traveler, who are concerned about how stuff, including passenger rail, is paid for.  I have a legitimate concern about the debt because at the end of the day, if we don't get a handle on it, it could have an even greater deleterious impact on the well being of our society. Long distance trains are not a serious transport option.  They serve less than one per cent of intercity travelers.  And they cost American tax payers more than half a billion dollars annually in subsidies.  They are wasteful.  Advocating the discontinuance of the long distance trains, as I have for years, is not to say that I care more about money than people.  I am comfortable in calling for the abolition of the long distance trains because there are suitable alternatives for people who need alternative modes of commercial transport.
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