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crazypills as a comment in the previous post), Amtrak At Twenty End Of The Line For Taxpayer Subsidies.
I'm annoyed by the 'we could pay for _these_ types of transportation for this many people for this much instead' arguments, since it's highly unlikely that the money not spent on Amtrak _would_ go to another form of public transportation, but I otherwise find it to be an interesting article.
edit:kightp notes in a comment below that this article is from the Cato Institute, a right-wing think tank with a vested interest in proving that government is always bad and privatization is always good.
crazypills as a comment in the previous post), Amtrak At Twenty End Of The Line For Taxpayer Subsidies. I'm annoyed by the 'we could pay for _these_ types of transportation for this many people for this much instead' arguments, since it's highly unlikely that the money not spent on Amtrak _would_ go to another form of public transportation, but I otherwise find it to be an interesting article.
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kightp notes in a comment below that this article is from the Cato Institute, a right-wing think tank with a vested interest in proving that government is always bad and privatization is always good.
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Date: 2005-03-21 07:52 pm (UTC)And that's my other concern.
Saying that it would be cheaper for the government to pay for everyone who uses Amtrak to use the plane doesn't mean the government _will_. How is trapping people who can't (for whatever reason) or don't want to drive a _good_ thing?