Senator Dianne FeinsteinVerified account

@SenFeinstein the government needs to get OUT of the money drain of railways. but, hey, any death is good if it increases funding, eh?

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein why? Amtrak is NOT in the least profitable. the NE corridor has ONE line that even breaks even. it loses MILLIONS

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein rail is EXCELLENT for FREIGHT. but not at ALL for passengers. Amtrak is a HUGE money suck

@SenFeinstein how about we simply get th government OUT of the railways business completely. like everything you do, HUGE money drain

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein no. they won't. there has BEEN 'service' on several routes. and they are NOT coming. but we ARE paying

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein that is what5 it should be. no free market company would take on Amtrak because the market KNOWS it is a moneyloss.

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein if there was ANY profit to be had, Buffet would already have a significant amount of passenger rail running.

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein buffet is one of the main reasons for the keystone holdup. He makes a fortune shipping oil by rail.

@Bletjp @SenFeinstein if he thought there was ANY money in passenger rail, he'd be attacking passenger cars to those trains. he doesn't.