re: #114 Randall Gross

I’d really like to see some new high speed electric rail subsidies.

Might be interesting. But AMTRAK is a typical target of various political forces. And giving money to the Big 4* to develop it is money that is not going to be effectively used for that purpose.

* - NS, CSXT, UP, and BNSF essentially make up the freight moving cartel in the USA. And their behaviors in recent years have been trending towards profit taking over safety. (To wit, the big derailment in Ohio.) And dealing with them in places where you have to use their services is one where you hope they do not want to alter the deal. A long time nickname for the NS has been “Nazi Southern”.