PerRock
Engineer
I'm not going to comment on why I support who I support (Obama, FYI). I just want to politely ask you to please turn down tone of your comment. I personally find your last statement VERY Offensive. I am not a commie, nor have I seen a SINGLE flame post in this thread until yours. please take the time to be open to everyones views and do NOT go name-calling because they are different.It saddens me to come on here and see all of you single-issue voters. I love pax rail just as much as everyone else here, but we cannot afford much of any of the "change" Mr. Obama talks about. So, he's all about Amtrak. That and providing crappy government health care to everyone are the only positions I know of his.
The Federal government should not be in the rail business, the airline business, or the road building business. They should be state responibilities at the very least. Instead if subsidizing all of these things, we should let the free market prevail. No more handouts to airlines, road builders, or rail. That being said, I realize the benefits of pax rail and would like to see it improved with a good plan and realistic transition. Maybe if Obama wouldn't have voted to refund the war in Iraq and re-up the Patriot Act we could afford to throw a bone to Amtrak. It would be nice if I didn't have to call my Chicago customers all winter to reschedule due to frozen brakes on the Hiawatha (happened again yesterday).
A vote for Obama is another step towards socialism. I hope you all like your nanny state here. You've done such a good job with Amtrak, I just cant wait to see how AmHealth works out.
This is coming from someone seriously considering relocating out of the US. I wont pay my taxes into a system of secret socialism, which is what you Dems and Republicans alike are turning this country into. If I am going to be part of a Marxist-like society I'll move to a country that at least admits it's true political leanings.
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