To: Publius
People want to ride trains? Fine. They should open up their pocketbooks, pay a reasonable fare, and get there. But they don't want to pay what it costs, the unions want to get paid more than they're worth, and the government and the train companies want me to pay the difference.
No. Dump Amtrak, dump subsidies, and let the market determine if there should even be rail service. Stay out of my pocketbook!
19 posted on
10/22/2005 5:52:36 PM PDT by
kingu
(Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
To: kingu
28 posted on
10/22/2005 6:26:35 PM PDT by
Publius
To: kingu
Do your taxes pay for roads or airline travel (things like ATCs and airports)?
susie
36 posted on
10/22/2005 6:58:48 PM PDT by
brytlea
(I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
To: kingu
People want to ride trains? Fine. They should open up their pocketbooks, pay a reasonable fare, and get there. Don't we also subsidize highways and air travel in this country? In fact one reason more people use these is because the infrastucture is in better shape, because they are subsidized.
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