Interesting essay in National Review Online today about the future of Amtrak by Iain Murray, who writes that he was part of the team “that privatized the British rail-infrastructure body, then called Railtrack, in 1996”.
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Yet, despite the sure knowledge that terrorists are only too ready to attack major transportation systems, as the attacks in Madrid demonstrated, Amtrak has repeatedly failed to allocate funds responsibly. As [Department of Transportation Inspector General Kenneth Mead] says,
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