define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Different Movie, Same Ending https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/10/different-movie-same-ending/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Veeshir https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/10/different-movie-same-ending/comment-page-1/#comment-37964 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:02:22 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=7278#comment-37964 I wish I had saved the article, I can’t find it anymore but it was very persuasive.

It argued that a passenger railroad is not going to make any money, light rail can come close but probably not even then. Isn’t that why the gov’t took over Amtrak in the first place? Why aren’t the Vanderbilts still in passenger railroad?

But we need it. In case of emergency, we could really need the ability to move large numbers of people around the country.

It’s an insurance policy in case of disaster, if we need it, we’re gonna need it and it’ll be worth what we pay.

I’m not saying not to keep track, I am saying I could agree that we need to subsidize it.
I’d like to see arguments that it can be done profitably but I’m pretty sure no passenger railroad in the world makes money.

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