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[QUOTE]Originally posted by ehbowen: [QB] Look, fellas, aside from maintaining the status quo (which makes no one happy) I say we have three basic choices: 1. The zero option. Hang Amtrak out to dry and let long-distance passenger rail become a quaint memory. Those people who, for physical or financial reasons, can't fly or drive? Let 'em walk! 2. The European Solution. Create a massive, taxpayer-financed bureaucracy to operate a network of passenger trains—Amtrak on a grand scale, with all of Amtrak's wonderful customer service "issues" magnified a thousandfold. The freight railroads consider it a "taking" and balk? Nationalize them too! 3. Change the incentives. Give freight railroads a reason to want to put passenger trains back on their tracks, in a way that will be profitable. I propose we start with a complete exemption from all state and local ad valorem (property) taxes on any railroad line which hosts a qualifying daily passenger service. That's step 1. Step 2: The most effective method of subsidizing a service is to leverage the consumer's dollar. Enact an across-the-board subsidy of, say, 5 cents per passenger-mile on all rail tickets sold. You might add an extra cent or two for trains providing real food service. That gives the railroads an incentive to fill those seats and keep customers happy and coming back for more. I choose option 3. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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