To: Sam Cree
Amtrak will survive, and get at least the $1.2 billion it got this year. There are too many Congressmen who are committed to it.
Does anybody think airports and airlines would survive without federal subsidies?
6 posted on
02/16/2005 6:25:08 PM PST by
sinkspur
("Preach the gospel. If necessary, use words.")
To: sinkspur
If you travel on Amtrack, you pay 1/7th of the price, the taxpayers get stiffed for the rest. According to this article.
I don't think that is true on an airline.
21 posted on
02/16/2005 6:48:13 PM PST by
patton
(Matthew 6:6)
To: sinkspur
Yes. Both might even thrive more with less regulation, fewer subsidies, and fewer dumb laws.
32 posted on
02/16/2005 6:59:52 PM PST by
dr_who_2
To: sinkspur
Yep. Amtrak's corporate honchos are politically savvy and have backers in high places. It may be a white elephant from a ridership point of view but its a proven vote getter.
Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."
58 posted on
02/16/2005 10:46:01 PM PST by
goldstategop
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