"Also, Amtrak’s plan worsens the nation’s economic inequality, since long-distance coach travelers are Amtrak’s lowest income market segment."
TRANSLATION: "A lot of the people who ride long-distance coach on Amtrak are low-life Greyhound "bus trash", and since Greyhound has made severe cutbacks, Amtrak has to fill the void. The taxpayers need to subsidize a conveyance that can be used by toothless meth-heads, the mentally ill, people who have had their drivers licenses revoked because of too many DUIs, newly-released prisoners, fugitives from justice and the homeless.
Without Amtrak, how else is this strata of our society supposed to get from 'Point A' to 'Point B'?"
For the complete eight-page statement by Ross Capon, see the URLs below.
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