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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Our idiot government travels 1st class or on private jets, by limosuine, by superluxury RV , and generally get treated like royalty. How are they going to even consider rail as a vaible long distance transit mode when they would never use it ? might as well ask them to take Greyhound. [/quote] There are definite and real reasons why government officials travel on private jets. I'm not talking about the average GS-9 or military member (we have to travel on what they give us, such as the cargo net seats of a C-141 Starlifter), I mean people like the President, Vice-President, top military officers. For reasons of national security, they are not allowed to travel by commercial carrier, whether it be Greyhound, Amtrak, or JetBlue. If they travelled by commercial carrier, with all of the security surrounding them, as well as the communications support, there wouldn't be any room for other passengers. How about this on the news - semi-truck collides with Greyhound Bus, President among those killed? No, sorry, I have to disagree with your opinion. Having been in the military for over 20 years, I know what kind of idiocy it would be to endanger the National Command Authority. Osama would have a great time if he knew dubya was going to be riding on such and such a bus or in such and such a train. It's a sad commentary of our times that we have to worry about travelling. Whether you like our government or not, at least you have the right to spout off about it. In my opinion, if you didn't vote in the last election, then you got the government you deserve. Be careful what you wish for, you might get it. As for asking for more money, I would say, provided that Mr. Gunn can justify those expenses, then give him the money. I don't mean he has to account for every nickel and dime, but he has experts working for him who can predict future costs based on past trends. The carriers do it all the time, especially when they charge such-and-such for fares. If the request is justified, then by all means, pay for the upkeep. I would hate to see Amtrak go away - the country would be poorer for its demise. I think that the suggestion to cut spending on new highway expansion has merits. I would support that, provided that I knew that I could still get where I wanted to go, whether it was on a 2-lane, 4-lane, or 12-lane road. As long as it's more difficult and more expensive for me to take the train than to drive, I'll drive. The closest Amtrak station is over 100 miles away and it would still cost me a lot more to ride the train than to drive.
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