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Okay, in all this Amtrak mess, there have been a few thing IMHO that have been left out. Any opinions on the following would be most welcome, and I respect dissenters so i won't flame you if you think I'm nuts! 1.) Everyone says passenger systems can't make money. But how do they know? We haven't had an unfettered passneger system since, what, prior to ICC regulation? So before TR was president, the 19th century. How do we know it can't be done when it hasn't been tried in over a century? 2.) "Everyone else's system is subsidized...." So what? Why do I care what Japan or France do with their systems? What do they know about making money anyway? (Has anyone seen the Nikkei index lately? They can't even handle bank reform! And europe doesn't even have a mortgage system, much less a fair taxation policy.) We are a different country; should we not find our own solutions? 3.) What's so wrong about the ARC? is there something wrong with wanting accountability? Is there someone out there who's going to tell me with a straight face that Gil Carmicheal is anti-passenger rail? 4.) Regardless of the outcome, does anyone SERIOUSLY think that people will ever use passenger rail as their primary long distance method of travel? Sure, it's a nice idea, but we have airports and interstates now.... that car and the airplane, no matter how annoying they can be, aren't going to ever go away. The first is too flexible and the second is too fast. FINITO: that's all, just those three to keep you busy and make your face go red. Maybe I'm just stubborn, but I just think that some common sense has been missing from this dialog for a long time. Oops! It started in Congress. No wonder! Alexander in Oregon
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