Amtrak—-A National Hazard At Any Speed . . .

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Whether this week's disaster was human error or not, the larger certainty is that the system has been chronically starved of capital. But the solution is not for a bankrupt government in Washington to pour more money down the Amtrak rat hole in the name of "infrastructure investment", as the big spenders are now braying in the wake of this week's disaster in Philadelphia.

Instead, Amtrak should be put out of its misery once and for all. Otherwise its longstanding hazard to the taxpayers is likely to be compounded by even more public safety disasters like this week's tragic event.
-David Stockman

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http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/amtrak-a-national-hazard-at-any-speed/