Trump Trying to Dump Amtrak’s $298 Subsidy for Long-Haul Trips
Posted on July 5, 2017
The Trump administration plans to dump about half of Amtrak’s $1.4 billion annual taxpayer subsidy by ending long-haul passenger services that cost taxpayers about $298 per round-trip and whose on-time performance is as low as 6 percent.
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