[hiredhand]

So we need Amtrak to stay the dying horse that it is all in the name of the war on terror eh? Well then why was it ever permitted to last as long as it did before 9/11?

Amtrak is representative of a larger problem in our government. 9/11 woke a lot of people up. Unfortunately, a lot are already going back to sleep. But 9/11 reminded people that we're still a bad lot. But so are the self serving bureaucrats who do things like keep Amtrak alive...at our expense!

9/11 has given no end of agencies no end of excuses to spend money on no end of "things" that are now ABSOLUTELY necessary! These are things like keeping Amtrak alive. They didn't have a good enough excuse before 9/11, but you're telling us that they do now?

The "goobermint" should let Amtrak DIE and redirect the money to TSA and hire some "real" security people and start searching those who match a known "profile" instead of searching little old white ladies and cowaring at Imams threatening to sue.

[B4Ranch]

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The “goobermint” should let Amtrak, the BATFE and TSA DIE.