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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother AMTRAK Train Derails In America After Chronic Under-Funding By Republicans
http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/14/breaking-another-amtrak-train-derails-america-chronic-underfunding/An AMTRAK train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago just derailed in Kansas with 128 passengers and fourteen crew members. Thankfully, there have been no fatalities from the accident so far, but early reports say that many have been transported to local hospitals with injuries none of them life-threatening. Five cars were thrown on their side after the train derailed for a currently unknown reason, some 20 miles from Dodge City, Kansas.
Americas infrastructure has been long neglected by Congressional Republicans, who wish to turn our rail system into a for-profit corporation by denying AMTRAK the proper funds to maintain and improve their operations. The GOP defeated a $478 billion infrastructure bill proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in March 2015 that would have revitalized American bridges, roads, and rails and created countless jobs because it would have levied more taxes on corporations. They finally passed a $305 billion bill in December 2015 because establishment Republicans accepted the concession of reinstating the Export-Import bank but it might be too little, too late, especially since the GOP refused to raise the gas tax which provides most of the funding for our mass transit systems.
The neglect to American infrastructure has gone on for far too long. The jobs that we could create, the lives we can save, and the money we can save by properly investing our transportation system are a win-win for our nation so why wont our Republican-controlled do the right thing?
Americas infrastructure has been long neglected by Congressional Republicans, who wish to turn our rail system into a for-profit corporation by denying AMTRAK the proper funds to maintain and improve their operations. The GOP defeated a $478 billion infrastructure bill proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in March 2015 that would have revitalized American bridges, roads, and rails and created countless jobs because it would have levied more taxes on corporations. They finally passed a $305 billion bill in December 2015 because establishment Republicans accepted the concession of reinstating the Export-Import bank but it might be too little, too late, especially since the GOP refused to raise the gas tax which provides most of the funding for our mass transit systems.
The neglect to American infrastructure has gone on for far too long. The jobs that we could create, the lives we can save, and the money we can save by properly investing our transportation system are a win-win for our nation so why wont our Republican-controlled do the right thing?
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Another AMTRAK Train Derails In America After Chronic Under-Funding By Republicans (Original Post)
KamaAina
Mar 2016
OP
Road Those Rails One Year Ago Christmas - The Tracks Were In Very Rough Shape
cantbeserious
Mar 2016
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Peregrine Took
(7,408 posts)1. What do they do to earn their salaries? Can someone explain that to me?
NO NO NO is all they know. They will go down in history as they biggest disgrace in the history of the Congress.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Or as Herman Cain might say, "Nein! Nein! Nein!"
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)2. Road Those Rails One Year Ago Christmas - The Tracks Were In Very Rough Shape
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hill2016
(1,772 posts)4. the reason is unknown
how can you link it to under-funding?
Initech
(99,909 posts)5. Gee thanks Republicans!