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President Biden headed Friday to Philadelphia to celebrate Amtrak’s 50-year anniversary and push for better funding of rail service that has a decades-long history of red ink.
As a former senator from Delaware, Amtrak Joe famously rode the train between his home in Wilmington and Washington, D.C., every day.
So it s perhaps not surprising that tucked into Biden’s American Jobs Plan is $80 billion earmarked for Amtrak, funding the railway he has said is necessary to rebuild the Northeast Corridor and address $45 billion in backlogged repairs.
say who are the private transportation gets a subsidy. taxpayer makes a contribution to flying and driving? there are subsidies but they do average to about a penny a passenger mile as opposed to 27 cents for amtrak. why don t they privatize amtrak? japan privatized it s railroads, they are making a profit. britain privatize there had, but they are being very innovative and attracting more passengers than european railroads. if we privatize the passenger train, i think we would get some passenger trains better than amtrak. but the irony is anthony haswell who called the father of amtrak because he proposed to create it back in the 1960s believes it was a mistake and we ought to privatize it. politicians want to hang on
say who are the private transportation gets a subsidy. taxpayer makes a contribution to flying and driving? there are subsidies but they do average to about a penny a passenger mile as opposed to 27 cents for amtrak. why don t they privatize amtrak? japan privatized it s railroads, they are making a profit. britain privatize there had, but they are being very innovative and attracting more passengers than european railroads. if we privatize the passenger train, i think we would get some passenger trains better than amtrak. but the irony is anthony haswell who called the father of amtrak because he proposed to create it back in the 1960s believes it was a mistake and we ought to privatize it. politicians want to hang on
bureaucrats wanted their tentacles on everything. we are imprinted to believe that the specialists in washington know better. they are from the government. they are here to help. and they are so smart, but thing about what government did when they decided they should build cars. this is what you get. the trevant. pride of the eastern bloc. it was a terrible car. it was hard to drive. makes huge pollution. but planners said it was great. once the berlin went down and they had private competition, it disappeared. people preferred toyotas an fords. however, when government runs things this is what you get. so we often get from government, lousy products and services that cost a lot. we need some government, but not so much, so much that it is bankrupting us. and he works for the government but you would be surprised how much government you won t miss. he is mitch daniels, indiana governor. you won t miss a lot of real estate they own. you won t miss things like vehic
bureaucrats wanted their tentacles on everything. we are imprinted to believe that the specialists in washington know better. they are from the government. they are here to help. and they are so smart, but thing about what government did when they decided they should build cars. this is what you get. the trevant. pride of the eastern bloc. it was a terrible car. it was hard to drive. makes huge pollution. but planners said it was great. once the berlin went down and they had private competition, it disappeared. people preferred toyotas an fords. however, when government runs things this is what you get. so we often get from government, lousy products and services that cost a lot. we need some government, but not so much, so much that it is bankrupting us. and he works for the government but you would be surprised how much government you won t miss. he is mitch daniels, indiana governor. you won t miss a lot of real estate they own. you won t miss things like vehic