From: Benjamin.Kubelsky@verizon.net   
      
   On 3/19/2015 11:49 AM, Nobody wrote:   
   > On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 03:06:20 +0000 (UTC), John Levine   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article  you write:   
   >>> http://www.aei.org/publication/mind-the-gap-us-and-european-train-safety/   
   >>   
   >>   "If we end federal subsidies to Amtrak, and require it to liquidate,   
   >>    then private companies would buy up its stations and routes. These   
   >>    companies could then begin running our trains with a level of   
   >>    professionalism that Americans now experience only when traveling   
   >>    abroad."   
   >>   
   >> Wow.   
   >   
   > I was gonna pick out the same portion.   
   >   
   > As if Euorpean passenger-rail services run without government (i.e.   
   > taxpayer) investment/assistance/subsidies/handouts (check your   
   > favourite expression).   
      
   Not to mention that Amtrak was created BECAUSE the private companies   
   were going bankrupt running passenger trains, and that service under   
   Amtrak is in many ways, better than it was before.   
      
   What do we want to replace corporate welfare? More corporate welfare!!   
      
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