AmtrakAMTK
Amtrak on podcasts: where it advertises, what it's offering listeners, and what hosts say about it when they're not being paid.
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What hosts are saying
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“I mean a great example is Amtrak where you know Amtrak they have like one profitable line. It's the Asella line that actually makes money and it makes a lot of sense to have a train line there from DC to you know Boston... you have these, you know, lines that go from, you know, new I I'm just spitballing here, but like New Orleans to Seattle. It's like just lo I mean, hemorrhaging money”
The speaker criticizes Amtrak for having unprofitable lines that hemorrhage money, using it as an example of inefficient government spending.
▶ Hear it“a great example is Amtrak, where, you know, Amtrak do they have like one profitable line? It's the Acela line that actually makes money, and it makes a lot of sense to have a train line there from DC to, you know, Boston. you have these, you know, lines that go from, you know, I I'm just spitballing here, but like New Orleans to Seattle. It's like just I mean, hemorrhaging money”
Discussed as a loss-making government enterprise with unprofitable lines hemorrhaging money, used as an example of government inefficiency.
▶ Hear it“'These are private high-end fancy train cars with they got lounges. They have full dining rooms. It's your own car. The people who own them or are renting them attach them to the back of Amtrak passenger cars.'”
Mentioned in the context of a humorous news segment about private luxury train cars being attached to Amtrak passenger cars.
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