[Publius]

This article is not about Amtrak. (They can abolish it for all I care.) This is about building infrastructure -- something that government has done since the Madison Administration -- that will aid commerce.

[Daus]

This is about building infrastructure -- something that government has done since the Madison Administration -- that will aid commerce.

The goal would be to build a more effiecient infrastructure I would hope. IMO, this would not be accomplished by this authors suggestions.

An interstate system built for automobiles was more efficient than a hodgepodge of roads and more efficient than limited destination train travel. It still is today. If it wasn't, someone would have privately made $1 moving people long distances on trains without massive subsidy. When that happends... call us. :)