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To: Sam Cree

Auction off its assets and let the private sector takeover.


3 posted on 02/16/2005 6:15:16 PM PST by hubbubhubbub
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To: hubbubhubbub

"Auction off its assets and let the private sector takeover."

Why bother - who would want them.

Aside from the Northeast Corridor, where it has some economic value, Amtrak is just a toy for rich people with a lot of time on their hands. It does not even come close to competing with air travel in the real world.

I haven't run the numbers, but my bet is that if you simply bought everyone who wanted to ride Amtrak an airline ticket, it would be cheaper.


9 posted on 02/16/2005 6:30:45 PM PST by BobL
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