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    It's federally owned. While ops theory is interesting, I think the real answer is because the government runs it and they depend on government funds to operate.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So there's also not much incentive for the people running the service to do any more than the bare minimum.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Bingo! Biden actually increased funding for Amtrak while he was in office to help improve the infrastructure and build more passenger lines. Who knows if any of that will ever get done at this point though.

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