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Who would voluntarily send extra taxes today to offset Amtrak deficit?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by solzrules</i> <br /><br /> <br /> <br />I know. Most of the time, they like to forget that little word "MORE" because people begin to realize they are paying MORE. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />How about *this*? : if you ride Amtrak at anytime during the calendar year, you are registered as an "Amtrak person". Each time you make a trip on Amtrak, you get I registered membership in club d'amtrak. <br /> <br /> <br />At the end of the year the total cash shortage is divided by the total number of membership credits, and the underage is invoiced to the people who actually use the service, weighted by the frequency in which they actually use it <br /> <br />What could be more fare? (pun intended) <br /> <br />Now, ANYBODY can join the club at anytime, by simply buying a ticket. BUT, once you join, and are invoiced your share at years end, if you fail to pay , you are permanantly expelled from the club, and can never ride Amtrak again? <br /> <br /> <br />And just being fair, if for some reason Amtrak turned a surplus for any year , the surplus would be divided equally among the members as dividends, based upon the same formula. <br /> <br />I LIKE IT!!! [:)]
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