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Terry: <br /> <br />Sorry. Rail is not a public utility, as you assert. We gave up that idea about, oh, 80 years ago, whenh the USRA was disbanded instead of made permanent. <br /> <br />Will there be a major road impact in the NEC if it shuts down? You bet. Does that mean that the rest of the country ought to pay to subsidize that trafic flow? And a bunch of trains accross the rest of the continent that less than 1% of people use? <br /> <br />That's a question that Amtrak's critics and skeptics are more than willing to debate. Amtrak supporters, on the other hand, seem intent on putting their hands over their ears and yelling for more cash and fewer questions. <br /> <br />Whatever your viewpoint, the era of re-regulation and nationalization is over.
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