[Publius]

I was a bit disappointed that this was done with minimal debate. With the results of the 2014 election, I had thought that the privatization of Amtrak would be a "low hanging fruit" for congressional Republicans to pluck from the tree. Apparently I was wrong. It would appear that $7.8 billion is not considered "real money".

[nascarnation]

Lametrack

They should sell logowear with their slogan:

Subsidizing the northeast and union workers since 1971

[molson209]

and a mighty Cheer can be heard from Joe Biden ,LOL

[BradtotheBone]

I don’t understand? Why don’t they just flush the money down the toilet.

[eyeamok]

privatization of Amtrak??

Amtrak is the result of the Government taking over PRIVATE RAIL COMPANIES!

[Iron Munro]

Welfare for wealthy commuters.

[smokingfrog]

Can we just let Amtrak die, already?

I wonder what would happen if we just auctioned it off to the highest bidder?

[dfwgator]

I was a bit disappointed that this was done with minimal debate.

With Republicans like this, who needs Democrats?

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Bridges, roads, highways, rail, etc.. It’s all code for ‘union payoff’

[drypowder]

so, there is money for the fence

[niteowl77]

Too many FedGov and bankster types ride the NE corridor trains to eliminate Amtrak, and the railroads that dumped their human cattle trains are long gone (New Haven, Pennsylvania, New York Central, etc). It'd be easier to get these guys to defund NPR and PBS than Amtrak.

(If the wizards of smart had separated the NE corridor from the rest of the country at the beginning, they'd already have let anything W of the coastal elite enclaves shrivel up and drop off.)

Mr. niteowl77

[Mase]

Somewhere, Willie Green is smiling.