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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TwinStarRocket: [QB] Zephyr, since the US population just hit 300 million and Amtrak's current budget (actual, not dream) is about $1.4 billion(?), that would come out to $4.67 per person. Since I don't know how many taxpayers there are, it is the only figure I can come up with to put the cost of Amtrak in perspective. I have also heard the annual operating cost of the LD's is about $300-400 million which works out to about a buck each. I totally agree with you that non-rail political perspectives should be not be introduced into this rail discussion (or people get way too illogical). However, since the cost of the war in Iraq is currently $300 billion and the population just hit 300 million, it has been noted in the news that is $1000 per person (total, not annual). This is the only comparative figure on government expenditures that I have in my head that would put rail subsidies in perspective. I do not mean it to be a political opinion or criticism of the war and I apologize if it was taken that way. Having said that, I must admit the idea of blimps, bagpipers and stagecoaches just make me feel kind of good all over about the state of the world. But now that I think about it, go-carts are probably not environmentally friendly and I withdraw my advocacy of such. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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