[cksharks]

Yea and the level playing field he wants is billions more of taxpayers money.Why in the hell should a person in Alaska or Idaho give a shit if a bunch of eletist punks from the north east get any of their money. They would have to give the rails about 100 billion a year to make them break even. What a crock. If the idiots in the north east want to ride a train let them pay for,ala 50 bucks a ticket a day.

[Alberta's Child]

Why in the hell should a person in Alaska or Idaho give a shit if a bunch of eletist punks from the north east get any of their money.

Maybe because the typical resident of Alaska or Idaho receives more in the form of Federal spending than he pays in taxes. In the Northeast, it's the other way around.

If it weren't for taxpayers in the eastern U.S., sled dogs and stage coaches would still be the dominant forms of transportation in Alaska and Idaho, respectively.

[Publius]

Why in the hell should a person in Alaska or Idaho give a shit if a bunch of eletist punks from the north east get any of their money.

It's a concept called a Nation, best exemplified by the Latin motto, E pluribus unum.