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It is entertainment for me too.  I enjoy the give and take.  In my mind, at least, I win a few; I lose a few.  At the end of the day, my cat is not in this hunt; in fact, she is not in any hunt.  We are retired.  I have never had the power to sway public opinion and, therefore, have not attempted to do so.  I have, however, shared my views regarding Amtrak and competitive markets with my elected representatives.  I have had a little success in doing so; one of my representatives tried to get the Sunset Limited discontinued.  He failed, but he got more votes than I suspect the opposition liked. We can argue the merits of high speed rail or anything else until the cows come home.  It is not likely to have an impact on the public.  But what will get the public's attention are price points, i.e. what they pay at the ticket window to use high speed rail or any other transport option.  This is why I would eliminate all transport subsidies, thereby pricing the options at their true cost, and let the winners bubble to the surface.  Don't worry!  It won't happen.  Unless the U.S. debt burden becomes unmanageable!  That'll get a lot of attention. I spent most of my working life in the electric utility industry.  For decades we told our customers that they needed to conserve electric energy.  It fell on deaf ears until the Arab Oil Embargo, along with several other variables, sent the price of electric energy northward.  Amazingly, we had no trouble getting our customers to sign on for a variety of conservation measures.  Price did the trick.
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