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I thought Amtrak was known for maintaining passenger rail with extreme reluctance?

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Nah Amtrak is awesome. They are just hamstrung by govt

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Privatisation isn’t the answer.

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Oh I immediately thought hamstrung like how the education, healthcare, and mail systems are hamstrung by a government that refuses to invest in them

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That’s not what I said.

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More like deliberately crippled by the private freight railroads that own the tracks. Ones that the government bailed out multiple times mind you, yet they’re shamelessly resisting the government’s attempts to provide a public service.

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…You think they’ll choose to keep passenger lines running if they aren’t forced to?

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I think they’ll expand in a heartbeat with more government funding

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