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Would you pay higher taxes for it?
by wolverine876 3y ago
Would you pay higher taxes for it?
- burkaman 3y agoI would. We could tax everyone like $20 a year and basically double federal Amtrak grants. Or we could reallocate existing money, maybe stop subsiding people to grow corn to make gas and spend that money on improving railroads. Or buy one fewer F-35 every year or something. Lots of options, we don't spend very much on Amtrak right now.
- bombcar 3y agoThe subsidy is about $2b, or $7 per person or $15 per household. Some of that subsidy also indirectly goes to the freight railroads.