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Re: Trump's Budget means end to AMTRAK long distance trains
Author: Erik H.
Date: 03-16-2017 - 22:09
Sgt. Joe Friday Wrote:
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> No form of public transportation operates without some kind of subsidy from Uncle Sam.
> The air traffic control system and public airports require many billions of dollars more than
> Amtrak every year.
And great news for you!!! Trump wants to kill off the Essential Air Service program, privatize the national Air Traffic Control system, eliminate federal subsidies to local transit systems, and more! And there's talk, at least in Oregon, of being able to enact tolls on existing federal-aid highways, too! So Amtrak will now be on a nice, even, level playing field with everybody else.
Happy? Are ya? Now it'll just be really expensive to go anywhere, which will ironically help our climate change situation as transportation is a massive contributor to air pollution, and now most Americans won't be able to afford travelling more than a short distance away from their homes.
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> No form of public transportation operates without some kind of subsidy from Uncle Sam.
> The air traffic control system and public airports require many billions of dollars more than
> Amtrak every year.
And great news for you!!! Trump wants to kill off the Essential Air Service program, privatize the national Air Traffic Control system, eliminate federal subsidies to local transit systems, and more! And there's talk, at least in Oregon, of being able to enact tolls on existing federal-aid highways, too! So Amtrak will now be on a nice, even, level playing field with everybody else.
Happy? Are ya? Now it'll just be really expensive to go anywhere, which will ironically help our climate change situation as transportation is a massive contributor to air pollution, and now most Americans won't be able to afford travelling more than a short distance away from their homes.
