The more riders they have the more money they get from the federal government?? They said that for the train running from New Orleans to California each
passenger is subsidized to the tune of $200 by American taxpayers. AMTRAK was never intended to make money. They have 652 cars of which the majority are over
30 years old and have not been updated. So far AMTRAK has been subsidized to the tune of $30 BILLION over the last 30 years with Congress getting ready to
fork out more to it. They said that the cost to run the AMTRAK from NOLA to California is so expensive they could buy each passenger a first class airline
ticket and fly them there for less cost.
Another government program that just proves we cannot allow the federal government to be in charge of anything important like the refineries or health care. A
program that is a money pit but yet Congress refuses to cut it off or force it to make money.

