[Fiji Hill]

Later I learned that the fares on a trip like that...covered approximately 50% of the operating costs of the trip. The rest was picked up by poor schmuck general revenue taxpayers across the country. To say nothing of the capital costs.

Those costs include the salaries of the bloated staff. I had taken trains all over Europe, and each train had only one conductor, but those Amtrak trains had several.

We can thank that paragon of Republican conservatism, Richard Nixon, for creating Amtrak.

[Bonemaker]

“We can thank that paragon of Republican conservatism, Richard Nixon, for creating Amtrak. “

Didn’t he do EPA and OSHA too?