Comments on: Congress sleeps while America’s passenger rail system crumbles

By: Word on the street: Amtrak « Feisty Tourist

Word on the street: Amtrak « Feisty Tourist — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:29:42 +0000

[...] look likely anytime soon. Read more about the problems with U.S. train service from Charlie Loecha and Ned Levi at [...]

By: The Pope

The Pope — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:29:55 +0000

The root of this and other problems is that government representatives spend the majority of the federal budget to buy votes from the dependent and unproductive classes. The federal government has plenty of income. It is blowing the money to support the lifestyles of the slackers and non-contributors. Check the percentage of the federal budget spending by category and tell me that it reflects the principles of the US Constitution.

By: Robert Norheim

Robert Norheim — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:56:20 +0000

Yes, of course the repairs “will come at the expense of service disruptions.” How can you complain about both the lack of repairs and the necessary side-effects of actual repairs? Better there be planned disruptions than unplanned ones.