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Re: Amtrak again facing demise

Author: So much for the advancement of civili

Date: 02-11-2020 - 05:34

"If it isn't in Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution"

I guess we should have never created NASA, NCAR, high speed broadband, Argonne, JPL, Cancer Research and etc.

So much for the advancement of civilization

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?

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Amtrak again facing demise	dcjb	02-10-2020 - 18:54
Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	Kraut	02-10-2020 - 19:08
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	UNP 104	02-10-2020 - 19:21
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	George Andrews	02-10-2020 - 19:50
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	Sand Dome	02-10-2020 - 20:02
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	Amtrak Patron	02-10-2020 - 20:33
Get a grip Kraut	Jeff Bezos says:	02-10-2020 - 20:40
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	dcjb	02-10-2020 - 21:12
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	HSR -- People want HSR not Amtrak.	02-10-2020 - 21:30
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	Gotta Grip, thanks!	02-10-2020 - 21:39
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	UNP 104	02-10-2020 - 22:11
Re: Get a grip. At a time of overspending, time to cut pork	Comrade Sanders	02-11-2020 - 08:24
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	Erik H.	02-10-2020 - 23:29
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	Red necks need not apply	02-11-2020 - 04:11
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	So much for the advancement of civili	02-11-2020 - 05:34
Re: Amtrak again facing demise-And, the train hating trolls who now mostly use AP to spew their usual load of trains suck crap, just love it....	BOB2	02-11-2020 - 09:45
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	John Bruce	02-11-2020 - 09:50
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	FUD	02-11-2020 - 11:58
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	John Bruce	02-11-2020 - 13:05
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	Commenter	02-11-2020 - 15:10
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	George Andrews	02-11-2020 - 17:53
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	david vartanoff	02-12-2020 - 00:04
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	Red Herring	02-12-2020 - 11:03
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	FUD	02-12-2020 - 15:45
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	Toad	02-12-2020 - 21:58
Re: Amtrak again facing demise	Rudy G	02-12-2020 - 23:26

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So much for the advancement of civili Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> "If it isn't in Article I Section 8 of the U.S.
> Constitution"
> 
> I guess we should have never created NASA, NCAR,
> high speed broadband, Argonne, JPL, Cancer
> Research and etc.
> 
> So much for the advancement of civilization
> 
> Erik H. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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?

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