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So real cost to generate the real fare..............

Posted on: December 18, 2017 at 17:40:36 CT

Bulldog Bob Brown STL

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not sure I see the negative here, as then the taxpayer in Missouri or Montana or Minnesota doesn't have to support the rail passengers in the DC to Boston corridor, which is where the vast majority of traffic occurs.

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Trump must not realize that Amtrak uses privately owned - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:29:30

No, he has no clue how any of it works - Hbombtiger STL - 12/18 17:01:59

I love Amtrack, used it many times(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 12/18 19:13:22

I guess every oncologist has to have cancer first - FootballRefugee MU

- 12/18 18:12:43

I've never been on an Amtrak - Sal KC - 12/18 17:02:26

Amtrak sucks. Rich people ride on planes and SUVs. - Coors4bob MU - 12/18 18:15:14

It's more likely he'd advocate to privatize Amtrak nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 12/18 16:55:30

It should be privatized (nm) - Sal KC - 12/18 16:56:46

So you would support a massive increase in train fares? - SparkyStalcup MU - 12/18 17:09:53

does this logic apply only to train service? Socialize - 90Tiger MU - 12/18 19:02:23

Whatever the market rate is, do it. - Coors4bob MU - 12/18 18:16:03

So real cost to generate the real fare.............. - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 12/18 17:40:36

Lmfao - pickle MU

- 12/18 17:25:54

Why do you assume it would be a massive increase?(nm) - Sal KC - 12/18 17:14:50

Then socialize everything. (nm) - ummmm MU - 12/18 17:11:50

only the trains and service isnt already(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:57:57

Amtrak owns some rail lines in the country (nm) - Sal KC - 12/18 17:01:27

You mean the ones over seen by the federal goverment?(nm) - tcat UMKC - 12/18 16:36:41

over seen, lol(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:37:41

yeah, a whole department. not just a couple - tcat UMKC - 12/18 16:41:12

lol. Fed pays BNSF, UP for track time and some - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:43:53

lol dude (nm) - Sal KC - 12/18 16:41:24

You don't think any tax dollars - Sal KC - 12/18 16:35:22

sure, no one is denying corporate welfare(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:36:13

The "lease" isn't just using the tracks - Sal KC - 12/18 16:38:54

so more government is the answer?(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:39:42

I never once said that - Sal KC - 12/18 16:40:41

It is true. They pay (subsidize) the use of the track. That - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:42:05

The feds pay the railroad police? (nm) - Sal KC - 12/18 16:56:00

Yep. They are federal cops. At least they used to be when - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:57:21

I know many are now employees - Sal KC - 12/18 16:59:13

lol - FootballRefugee MU

- 12/18 16:34:59

The Federal Taxpayer pays for much of the upkeep - Spanky KU - 12/18 16:34:30

no, they lease track time(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:35:08

Read the frigging link I gave you last time you spoke - Spanky KU - 12/18 17:02:56

He saw this as a good chance to pimp Santa Trump. - Evenflow MU - 12/18 16:33:06

and the usual suspects, who often b*tch about RINOs, eat - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:33:51

Well he did for Keystone and the Wall - JG A - 12/18 16:32:00

That would fit with his general position on - ummmm MU - 12/18 16:30:55

He's a clown(nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 12/18 16:31:19