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  1. Amtrak has been bankrupt nearly since its inception, so these calls and games are all about trying to get more money for a unionize rail that will use everything you give it for benefits, and unions and will avoid doing any of those fixes as when they do, they no longer have a reason for more money… which is why you dont hear anyone on the left asking what did you do with what we gave you.

    What Amtrak Spends Its Money On
    http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/418396/what-amtrak-spends-its-money-kevin-d-williamson

    Before the bodies had been pulled out of the wreckage, Democrats were preaching the poor-mouth about Amtrak funding, often dishonestly.

    As has already been pointed out, everything from the stimulus bill to regular appropriations has spent billions of dollars on Amtrak, and Amtrak still failed to install the speed-control system that was supposed to be completed this year

    and so, they did exactly what i said… got the money for the fix, did not apply the fix so they could argue they need the money for the fix…

    housing authority in ny does the same thing… they recently got caught in hoarding supplies they did not use, then auctioning them off, so that they could get more supplies. by not using them they get to get the blacks and others that vote for them to squeel louder and the talking points then turn to evil people with no sway and pull denied them these things.

    EVER notice how every communist regime, from lenin, stalin, mao, kim jong, castro, che, maduro, kirchner, chavez, and on and on ALWAYS explains things in terms of paranoia of the conspiracies that cause their failure like Bugs Bunnies Gremlin that tries to take the plane apart and that no one else can see?
    http://looneytunes.wikia.com/wiki/File:Looney_Tunes_Gremlin.jpg
    [my fav is the Gremlin pounding on the end of a WWII bomb not caring what will come next]

    The Gremlin is a Gremlin that Bugs fought in the cartoon Falling Hare. In the end he actually succeeds at defeating Bugs Bunny. This makes him one of only three characters to do this, the other two being Cecil Turtle and Elmer Fudd (only in certain shorts). Unlike Cecil, though, the Gremlin is clearly the antagonist, similar to Elmer. Even though he defeated Bugs, by the end of the Falling Hare cartoon, they somehow called a truce.

    Where does Amtrak spend its money? Almost every dime of ticket revenue is spent on personnel – salaries, benefits, bonuses, etc.

    Amtrak can’t be bothered to finish up a safety system on time. But did Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman ever miss a nickel of his $350,000-a-year salary? No. Did Amtrak fail to pay employee bonuses? No–in fact, it paid bonuses to people who weren’t even eligible for them, and then refused to rescind them once it was pointed out that they were unauthorized.

  2. One can’t help but wonder if we are having a German copilot scenario repeat.

  3. For the most part, the money is used by the unions to fund various extra legal black ops and various surface level onion operations for the ultimate purposes of the Leftist alliance. It’s a kind of money laundering system between the lawyers, the public service unions, and the politicians.

  4. Mr Frank: One can’t help but wonder if we are having a German copilot scenario repeat.”

    And, that is perhaps why the engineer spoke with a lawyer BEFORE talking to NTSB officials.

    I’d do the same before, no pun intended, being “railroaded” by the powers that be.

    Now, there are reports of something hitting trains in that area.

    It wouldn’t surprise me if it was a rock or something thrown at the engineer that caused him to speed up just before the crash.

    I’ve been on Amtrak through the Northeast corridor and in some cities, in certain neighborhoods, it is not uncommon for “kids” to throw rocks at the passing train.

    All in the name of fun and games. It isn’t just the cops they throw rocks at.

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