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Amtrak is an absolutely shitty experience. Break it up and let free- market provide a better product.
Privatizing Amtrak
Privatizing Amtrak
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Amtrak is analogous to the elephant in the Indian tale, being examined by four blind men. The experience is completely different, depending on what arm of the service that you are experiencing. Along the Northeast Corridor, the service is generally excellent, and the farther you get into Flyover country, the worse it gets. California is pretty good, with good legs to different destinations along the coast.
The problem with privatizing is that the track & right-of-way is owned by several companies that make their profit primarily with FREIGHT. Passenger service is a distraction. As long as AMTRAK doesn't have dedicated track and ROW the service will be compromised and it will never be comparable to Europe or Japan. Sad to say.
Amtrak is analogous to the elephant in the Indian tale, being examined by four blind men. The experience is completely different, depending on what arm of the service that you are experiencing. Along the Northeast Corridor, the service is generally excellent, and the farther you get into Flyover country, the worse it gets. California is pretty good, with good legs to different destinations along the coast.
The problem with privatizing is that the track & right-of-way is owned by several companies that make their profit primarily with FREIGHT. Passenger service is a distraction. As long as AMTRAK doesn't have dedicated track and ROW the service will be compromised and it will never be comparable to Europe or Japan. Sad to say.
Are you saying privatizing Amtrak would not be great for all? That flies in the face of every conservative belief about Big Business and government. So, you are obviously wrong.
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Amtrak is an absolutely shitty experience. Break it up and let free- market provide a better product.
Privatizing Amtrak
Why don’t I have a choice to take a private train passenger service that is clean and runs on time?Amtrak is an absolutely shitty experience. Break it up and let free- market provide a better product.
Privatizing Amtrak
For a supremely capitalist experience, try Greyhound, you'll love it.
Amtrak is analogous to the elephant in the Indian tale, being examined by four blind men. The experience is completely different, depending on what arm of the service that you are experiencing. Along the Northeast Corridor, the service is generally excellent, and the farther you get into Flyover country, the worse it gets. California is pretty good, with good legs to different destinations along the coast.
The problem with privatizing is that the track & right-of-way is owned by several companies that make their profit primarily with FREIGHT. Passenger service is a distraction. As long as AMTRAK doesn't have dedicated track and ROW the service will be compromised and it will never be comparable to Europe or Japan. Sad to say.
Are you saying privatizing Amtrak would not be great for all? That flies in the face of every conservative belief about Big Business and government. So, you are obviously wrong.
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Why would anyone in this country take a train when they can fly or drive for relatively cheap?
If you don’t feel like driving, and the closest air travel can you to your destination is 85 miles...but the train stops in your town...why not?Amtrak is analogous to the elephant in the Indian tale, being examined by four blind men. The experience is completely different, depending on what arm of the service that you are experiencing. Along the Northeast Corridor, the service is generally excellent, and the farther you get into Flyover country, the worse it gets. California is pretty good, with good legs to different destinations along the coast.
The problem with privatizing is that the track & right-of-way is owned by several companies that make their profit primarily with FREIGHT. Passenger service is a distraction. As long as AMTRAK doesn't have dedicated track and ROW the service will be compromised and it will never be comparable to Europe or Japan. Sad to say.
Are you saying privatizing Amtrak would not be great for all? That flies in the face of every conservative belief about Big Business and government. So, you are obviously wrong.
.
Why would anyone in this country take a train when they can fly or drive for relatively cheap?
Even sadder is that all the freight the carry is made in China.Amtrak is analogous to the elephant in the Indian tale, being examined by four blind men. The experience is completely different, depending on what arm of the service that you are experiencing. Along the Northeast Corridor, the service is generally excellent, and the farther you get into Flyover country, the worse it gets. California is pretty good, with good legs to different destinations along the coast.
The problem with privatizing is that the track & right-of-way is owned by several companies that make their profit primarily with FREIGHT. Passenger service is a distraction. As long as AMTRAK doesn't have dedicated track and ROW the service will be compromised and it will never be comparable to Europe or Japan. Sad to say.