House defeats conservative effort to defund Amtrak
The House rejected a conservative proposal late Wednesday night to eliminate $1.1 billion in federal subsidies for Amtrak.
An amendment offered by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to a government spending package for the next fiscal year failed on a 128-293 vote with a bipartisan coalition uniting in opposition.
Brooks, a member of the House Freedom Caucus who failed to advance in the Alabama Senate GOP primary last month, argued that Amtrak subsidies were unnecessary.
“Stated differently, what policy justification is there for forcing Americans who don’t use Amtrak to subsidize the travel of Americans who do use Amtrak? I know of none,” Brooks said during House floor debate.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/railroads/349573-house-defeats-conservative-effort-to-defund-amtrak
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wanted this country to go further into a failed third rate state, while the other industrialized countries are putting billions and millions into public train service.
Why is this POS still in office?
And as for his f*cking logic:
“Stated differently, what policy justification is there for forcing Americans who don’t use Amtrak to subsidize the travel of Americans who do use Amtrak? I know of none,” Brooks said during House floor debate."
Well ass**** it's because we are in this "all" together, like the framers intended, so the question that needs to be asked and, "stated differently" why are taxpayers paying for a $174,000 a year by forcing Americans to subsidize a ...........F*CKING IDIOT?
