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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peter Bowler: [QB] The debate rages on, while most of the country yawns. History around the world has proven time and again that passenger travel in the auto and jet age does not pay. The model that all continents/countries with successful rail travel use is government subsidy justified by the response of the citizens supporting those particular governments. In fact, they do it because they think it is the right and logical thing to do, not from a justifiable economic model. In the USA, it will not happen unless a majority of our legislators at the Federal level take the same mind set as Europe or Japan. Obviously, it is not happening quickly, if at all. On the other hand, there is sufficient strong national and regional support to keep hope and the fight alive. But it has not jelled into a consensus, thus we muddle along with a bleeding system that we can't quite dismantle, and can't manage to properly run. I agree with above comments in that I sense the backlash to AMTRAK's demise is sufficiently feared by the political structure that its crash will not come soon despite the dire predictions. Time will tell. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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