[link] Along the lines of the previous post

[wispfox]

Is another link (from 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.

Comments

[windswept.livejournal.com]

The Cato Institute is NOT a right-wing think tank. It's a libertarian think tank. The Cato Institute is anti-war, anti-interventionist, pro-drug legalization, pro-gay-marriage, etc. So to characterize it as right-wing is drastically wrong.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

You are correct and I apologize for the mislabeling; however, I accurately stated their position on government vs. privatization.