Comments on: Another government boondoggle

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:07:17 +0000

I believe that you are wrong, and Amtrak is necessary and vital to keep our country’s transportation system running. It is a fact that even though it cost about $35 per passenger in subsidies to send them on their way by rail, it would cost that same passenger more than $200 by air in tax money, so if any form of transportation should see an increase in subsidies it should be Amtrak, due to higher efficiency, and higher profit to cost ratio compared to air travel. It is impossible to have any passenger transportation be profitable, so if you eliminate any transportation that needed to be subsidized, than there would be no way to travel period.

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By: Forget Amtrak!

Forget Amtrak! — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:14:16 +0000

I tried taking Amtrak to Orlando last month as I had an afternoon meeting downtown near the station. The price was right –$15 each way. The options sucked. I could leave at 4:50 p.m. the DAY BEFORE, and return around 6 p.m. the day of my meeting. No options = no customers. This is our government at work!

By: Bill Vallecorse

Bill Vallecorse — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:02:42 +0000

Great article and my family experinced the same outcome when trying to arrange a trip from Chicago to Tampa .Also, you mentioned the car industry and I would like to give my humble opinion. I am livid over the fact that GM is now Government Motors. I have owned GM products most of my life and 3 CORVETTES. I presently drive a Caddy CTS and my wife has a Saturn(which is now history so I don’t have a great resale value). However, I will never buy a GM again. They took bailout $$ to avoid bankruptcy then 2 months later filed Chapter XI !! They trashed the bond holders in the process and they gave 17% ownership to the UAW ?? The UAW is one of the main reasons they are in this mess, along with corporate greed. I am tired of Obama and his gang of thugs pushing Chicago politics to take over control of everything we do. Good by GM and by the way I have now ruled out Toyota !!!