From: jock@soccer.com   
      
   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).   
      
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