BREAKING: Amtrak Derailment North of Philly...

steveschneider wrote:http://thehill.com/policy/finance/241918-democrats-bash-proposed-gop-cut-to-amtrak-hours-after-crash

And just hours after the horrific crash the GOP cuts funds to Amtrak.

LooseGoose wrote:

steveschneider wrote:http://thehill.com/policy/finance/241918-democrats-bash-proposed-gop-cut-to-amtrak-hours-after-crash

And just hours after the horrific crash the GOP cuts funds to Amtrak.

As if more funds would have prevented the crash, the train was going 100mph on a curve I'm guessing the laws of physics aren't bent by funding. Let the rich fuckers out east that ride Amtrak pay for the service, why should we subsidize them? Do they subsidize my gas bill??

LooseGoose wrote:We've sunk $35 billion into Amtrak, it sucks and always has. Only a government program would keep getting funded with that track record.

LooseGoose wrote:We've sunk $35 billion into Amtrak, it sucks and always has. Only a government program would keep getting funded with that track record.

LoneWolfSparty wrote:100mph around the curve. That is the rumor of what doomed the train.

Terrorist as engineer?

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:

LoneWolfSparty wrote:100mph around the curve. That is the rumor of what doomed the train.

Terrorist as engineer?

LoneWolfSparty wrote:100mph around the curve. That is the rumor of what doomed the train.

Terrorist as engineer?

8. American People Subsidize $60 of Every Amtrak Ticket Sold

When you break down the numbers the math is painfully clear. If only 25 million people ride the train, that means that for every person boarding a train, the American people are paying $60.

According to Amtrak’s website, a ticket from New York City to Washington, D.C., will cost $69. You do the math.

9. Taxpayers Subsidize Passengers Who Can Afford to Make Amtrak Profitable

Most people who ride Amtrak are not poor Americans trying to get to work. They are people who could afford to pay the ticket price, or find another way to get to work, including many of our liberal media friends who are crying for more federal spending.

But the government has decided that you and I and everyone else who pays taxes should subsidize the train ride for people who could easily pay for it themselves.

A 1997 Cato Institute Study makes this painfully clear, and there is no reason to suspect anything has changed since then:

“The poor are less likely to travel by Amtrak than by most other travel options. Only 13 percent of Amtrak passengers have incomes below $20,000. The average Amtrak rider has a higher household income than the average taxpayer. In fact, the clientele for Amtrak Metroliner service between Washington and New York consists largely of Wall Street traders, K Street lobbyists and other affluent business travelers.”

LooseGoose wrote:

8. American People Subsidize $60 of Every Amtrak Ticket Sold

When you break down the numbers the math is painfully clear. If only 25 million people ride the train, that means that for every person boarding a train, the American people are paying $60.

According to Amtrak’s website, a ticket from New York City to Washington, D.C., will cost $69. You do the math.

9. Taxpayers Subsidize Passengers Who Can Afford to Make Amtrak Profitable

Most people who ride Amtrak are not poor Americans trying to get to work. They are people who could afford to pay the ticket price, or find another way to get to work, including many of our liberal media friends who are crying for more federal spending.

But the government has decided that you and I and everyone else who pays taxes should subsidize the train ride for people who could easily pay for it themselves.

A 1997 Cato Institute Study makes this painfully clear, and there is no reason to suspect anything has changed since then:

“The poor are less likely to travel by Amtrak than by most other travel options. Only 13 percent of Amtrak passengers have incomes below $20,000. The average Amtrak rider has a higher household income than the average taxpayer. In fact, the clientele for Amtrak Metroliner service between Washington and New York consists largely of Wall Street traders, K Street lobbyists and other affluent business travelers.”

http://conservativetribune.com/11-things-about-amtrak/

steveschneider wrote:#teapartypropaganda

LooseGoose wrote:

steveschneider wrote:#teapartypropaganda

aka The Truth.

LooseGoose wrote:

steveschneider wrote:#teapartypropaganda

aka The Truth.

Gomer wrote:Reports that multiple trains were hit with objects in that area prior to crash, and that crashed train had fist sized divot in/near the windshield.