...and so long, voters in the red states of North Dakota, Montana, Colorado, etc. Face it Karl, Amtrak is a much better deal than what we've shelled out for the airlines, airports, and debacles like the Big Dig...
good, those states can pick up the funding when the Feds drop it...
you cant tell me that Texas Chicken needs to be on the rails
Massachusetts has poured way more money into the welfare sinkholes of Montana and North Dakota over the last 20 years than we've gotten back for our highway projects. Even at the peak of Tip O'Neill's career, we were barely breaking even on federal taxes. Now it's closer to 78 cents on the dollar.
Running Amtrak through Montana is one of the most wasteful expenses in the federal budget.