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Re: Amtrak again facing demise
Author: Red necks need not apply
Date: 02-11-2020 - 04:11
I forgot only them Dems ride trains and support Amtrak, silly me.
And yet most rural residents are Republicans: see any voting map with red and blue color coding.
"Agriculture, food, and related industries contributed $1.053 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, a 5.4-percent share. The output of America's farms contributed $132.8 billion of this sum—about 1 percent of GDP."
"The electric power industry in the United States supports more than 7 million jobs - or one in 20 American jobs - and contributes 5 percent of total gross domestic product, or GDP."
"Nationally, paper, wood and furniture manufacturing industries are 5.7% of total manufacturing GDP, and approximately $92.0 billion of forestry-related businesses' contribution to GDP is associated with private timberland. Private timberland is associated with approximately 5.2% of manufacturing GDP."
Overall, forest products comprise about 1.5% of the total U.S. economy, and contribute about 5% of total manufacturing output in the country
Erik H. Wrote:
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> dcjb Wrote:
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> > No surprise to see this, but hopefully Dems will
> stop this awful budget
>
> Because you disagree with 0.03% of the budget, the
> entire budget is awful?
>
> Meanwhile Amtrak's LD ridership counts amount to
> 1% of the U.S. population riding an Amtrak long
> distance train just one direction. Or, 0.5% of
> the population riding a round-trip.
>
> If anything, I want to see a lot more cuts.
> Amtrak isn't even the tip of the iceberg...it's
> long down in a list of things the federal
> government should cut and not look back at. If it
> isn't in Article I Section 8 of the U.S.
> Constitution, it should be zeroed out. Sooner,
> rather than later. If you object, feel free to
> draft the 28th Amendment and get it ratified.
> There's no AmBus, AmBoat or AmAir, so why Amtrak?
And yet most rural residents are Republicans: see any voting map with red and blue color coding.
"Agriculture, food, and related industries contributed $1.053 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, a 5.4-percent share. The output of America's farms contributed $132.8 billion of this sum—about 1 percent of GDP."
"The electric power industry in the United States supports more than 7 million jobs - or one in 20 American jobs - and contributes 5 percent of total gross domestic product, or GDP."
"Nationally, paper, wood and furniture manufacturing industries are 5.7% of total manufacturing GDP, and approximately $92.0 billion of forestry-related businesses' contribution to GDP is associated with private timberland. Private timberland is associated with approximately 5.2% of manufacturing GDP."
Overall, forest products comprise about 1.5% of the total U.S. economy, and contribute about 5% of total manufacturing output in the country
Erik H. Wrote:
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> dcjb Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > No surprise to see this, but hopefully Dems will
> stop this awful budget
>
> Because you disagree with 0.03% of the budget, the
> entire budget is awful?
>
> Meanwhile Amtrak's LD ridership counts amount to
> 1% of the U.S. population riding an Amtrak long
> distance train just one direction. Or, 0.5% of
> the population riding a round-trip.
>
> If anything, I want to see a lot more cuts.
> Amtrak isn't even the tip of the iceberg...it's
> long down in a list of things the federal
> government should cut and not look back at. If it
> isn't in Article I Section 8 of the U.S.
> Constitution, it should be zeroed out. Sooner,
> rather than later. If you object, feel free to
> draft the 28th Amendment and get it ratified.
> There's no AmBus, AmBoat or AmAir, so why Amtrak?
