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Re: Republicans, Romney, target Amtrak, Railroad Retirement [BLET newswire]
Author: A Rail Liberal
Date: 09-04-2012 - 18:47
ssw Wrote:
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> Before you vote, read the actual proposed laws, in
> full, not a Unions or political action
> organizations, or parties "interpretation" of such
> things. You owe it to yourself to be
> fully informed by doing your OWN research in FULL.
> Nearly all such things are in the public domain
> somewhere, you owe it to yourself to be fully and
> completely informed, not twisted and manipulated
> according to the ajenda of some group that wants
> your money.
I checked the GOP Platform.
2012 GOP Platform
While I couldn't find any language on Railroad Retirement, here is what the plaform says about Amtrak and High-Speed rail:
"Amtrak continues to be, for the taxpayers, an extremely expensive railroad. The public has to subsidize every ticket nearly $50. It is long past time for the federal government to get out of way and allow private ventures to provide passenger service to the northeast corridor. The same holds true with regard to high-speed and intercity rail across the country."
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> Before you vote, read the actual proposed laws, in
> full, not a Unions or political action
> organizations, or parties "interpretation" of such
> things. You owe it to yourself to be
> fully informed by doing your OWN research in FULL.
> Nearly all such things are in the public domain
> somewhere, you owe it to yourself to be fully and
> completely informed, not twisted and manipulated
> according to the ajenda of some group that wants
> your money.
I checked the GOP Platform.
2012 GOP Platform
While I couldn't find any language on Railroad Retirement, here is what the plaform says about Amtrak and High-Speed rail:
"Amtrak continues to be, for the taxpayers, an extremely expensive railroad. The public has to subsidize every ticket nearly $50. It is long past time for the federal government to get out of way and allow private ventures to provide passenger service to the northeast corridor. The same holds true with regard to high-speed and intercity rail across the country."
