Why single out Amtrak? It was set up to fail by the Nixon administration, it has never received the funding it needed to address the poor state of the equipmen

Why single out Amtrak? It was set up to fail by the Nixon administration, it has never received the funding it needed to address the poor state of the equipment, stations, and ROW (i.e. NEC) it received at its inception, and most of its operations are on other railroads' ROW where there is little hope of upgrading lines for high-speed service (or even electrification). Either we should nationalize our railroads or we need to accept that Amtrak (or whatever company) is providing a public service that requires adequate public funding.