Posted on 11/06/2023 12:30:01 PM PST by ConservativeInPA
President Joe Biden announced Monday the federal government will pump more than $16 billion into improving the nation’s busiest rail line.
At an event in Delaware on Monday, Biden said the funding will go into more than two dozen projects along the Northeast Corridor – the Amtrak system that connects cities including Washington, New York and Boston.
Biden hailed the new investments, saying he knew the agony of waiting on a stopped train while trying to get home.
“I know how much it matters,” he said, describing an aging system in dire need of upgrades and repairs.
His words held particular resonance as trains nearby were stopped due to fire department activity on the tracks. It wasn’t clear whether the issue was related to the problems his new investments are meant to fix.
Biden told the hometown crowd that he was intent on making US rail first-rate.
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Angelo Negri would approve as well.
Angelo Negri would approve as well.
Angelo Negri would approve as well.
Angelo Negri would approve as well.
Oops. Sorry for the three-peat.
The only thing that Americans will get out of that $16 billion in Amtrak improvements is tampon dispensers in the men’s bathrooms, all the rest of the money will be stolen by our garbage establishment.
The last I checked, all funding $$ Bills (no pun) originate in the House. Biden can propose anything he wants but he's not a king with unlimited power.
When the Executive branch creates laws using executive orders, it's unconstitutional. When courts (activist judges) make laws via their rulings, it's unconstitutional.
We need our government to get back to obeying the constitution. The limits the constitution places on each branch of government was for good reason. The Founders would rebuke the government we have today.
Biden gave $16 billion for Amtrak?
I guess the dimwit doesnt know ....... Amtrak is in America.
I just recently returned from a weekend New York visit. Amtrak from Union Station in DC to Penn Station round trip was over $300. It’s cheaper to fly! Much cheaper to take the bus.
I don’t know of anyone who takes the Lord’s name in vain more than Biden.
Wanna bet mist if th8s goes for Acela.
And/or money laundering for something else....
Allow Brightline to run the service in the Northeast Corridor.
So where does he get the money? Did he rob a bank? Nope. He just takes it from your labor or prints it making yours worth less and less and less and less. $35,00,000 per mile for improvements? Is that enough? If it is such a busy corridor why can’t it pay for it’s own improvements? If it were private it would.
Of which 12 BILLION will either disappear or be misused and Amtrak will end up worse off and needing MORE MONEY.
I saw a YouTube video about Brightline Florida and it didn’t have very many passengers at all.
I think it needs more stations. Currently, there are no stations between Orland and West Palm Beach. To increase ridership, they need stations in Cocoa, Melbourne or Palm Bay, Vero Beach, and Fort Pierce.
Another line between Orlando, Ocala, and Gainesville could serve UF football games.
JOE had AMTRACK HOLD the train MANY times when he was “COMMUTING”.
He is a major putz.
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