In the wake of the Amtrak accident a lot of right wing mouth pieces are calling for privatization of Amtrak.
So let’s just be clear what that means. They are going to take huge amounts of money from the federal government, then charge the passengers more (because hey, they have to “fix” it) and make a fortune while at the same time paying no taxes on it.
Privatizing Amtrak would have negative outcomes:
- Lesser traveled routes would get cut for the sake of profit.
- Higher volume but less profitable routes will get squeezed. And that means poor communities already struggling with the ability to get from where they are to where the jobs are are going to be hurt.
- Give money to the ultra rich. And this is what Privatization is really all about. The right wants to give more and more cash to their masters. And they will do anything to make it happen.
Follow the money and you’ll see they don’t really care about fixing anything. They cut Amtrak funding in the hopes that they can force it to crumble – and all so they can further justify Privatization efforts. It must be nice to be able to force something to crumble, then scream that the fix is to put the money and control in your pocket to fix it. When the problem was just your greed all along.
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