AMTRAK TURNS 40…CALLED A ‘MASSIVE FAILURE’ BY ITS FOUNDER:

When the Founding Father of Amtrak calls it a ‘massive failure’ and states that the politicians involved are getting more benefits from it than the passengers and taxpayers, you would hope that someone in the Federal government would respond.

Washington did respond. Their answer to Amtrak’s problems?  Spend more money.

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RELATED: At Reason, Nick Gillespie quips, “Sen. Charles Schumer Proposes to Expand Amtrak’s Already Amazingly Effective ‘No-Ride List’ to Even More People.”