From: nhrfmhrf@yahoo.com   
      
   I personally have no idea what Trump's opinion of Amtrak is.   
   Republicans generally dislike Amtrak, but not all of them.   
   Trump is certainly not a traditional Republican.  The traditional Republican   
   establishment does not like him at all.   
      
   "Robert Heller"  wrote in message   
   news:MJydncOduoVUZ77FnZ2dnUU7-R3NnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > At Wed, 9 Nov 2016 20:18:52 -0600 Larry Sheldon    
   > wrote:   
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   >>   
   >> On 11/9/2016 16:06, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   >> > What will happen to Amtrak as a result of the election, Trump as   
   >> > president and a Republican congress?  Republicans hate Amtrak.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> Actually, what we hate is pissing money down gopher holes.   
   >>   
   >> Our guess is, if anybody wanted Amtrak, some entrepreneur would be   
   >> making a million at it.   
   >   
   > No, actually it does not work like that. Sometimes the "Free Enterprise"   
   > system simply fails. In fact the "Free Enterprise" / "Private Sector" is   
   > *notoriously* bad at any kind of infrastructure. *Non* of the   
   > infrastructure   
   > *anywhere* in the world and at any time was ever build by the Private   
   > Sector   
   > alone. Much of the construction of the existing *freight* railroad   
   > infrastructure was funded by the federal government (in the form of land   
   > grants in the latter part of the 1800s).  The *entire* highway system is   
   > funded by governments at the local, state, and federal level.  Many   
   > airports   
   > started out as millitary air bases.  The US Airforce has been the primary   
   > training ground for pilots.   
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