04/20/2009
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"Let's have an honest debate about the future of rail transportation, passenger rail transportation, in America."
"Amtrak is a Government-subsidized, taxpayer-subsidized operation. Megabus, on the other hand, is a private sector operation that actually makes a profit and pays taxes."
"Amtrak subsidies, whether it is for capital or operation are not manna from heaven, they are actually dollars out of the Federal treasury."
"more than $.40 of every dollar that is spent out of the General Fund in the most recent past has been borrowed money."