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Amtrak is profitable in the Northeast corridor.
by saosebastiao 9y ago
Amtrak is profitable in the Northeast corridor.
- rayiner 9y agoOnly if you exclude capital costs, which are paid for by the federal government.
- apendleton 9y agoSure, but the interstate highway system's capital costs are paid mostly by the federal government too -- gas taxes don't come close to covering it so it's decidedly not user-pays -- and nobody expects that to be profitable. National transportation infrastructure is a public good, not a business investment on the part of the government.
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