dabrilloman
Service Attendant
As long as the 1%'ers (of which Congress is 99% made up of) still get their 1st class services, they don't care how us sheeple (the 99%) travel. As long as they are getting their tax breaks, entitlements and deregulations they are fine with us getting our "trickle down"...in other words "pissed on". Until we vote the 1%'ers out of office, get the money influence out of Congress and Citizens United repelaled nothing will change.No need to wonder as several members of congress have already gone on the record attacking Amtrak in general and the dining operation in particular. I'm not sure why this information isn't getting out but it's real and it's having a demonstrable impact. But hey, US airlines removed most of the amenities too and yet Americans still ride them so what's the harm right?On the Capitol Limited yesterday at breakfast, the service attendant asked us to call or write our congressmen to plead that dining cars be retained on long distance routes. There, she said, was pressure to get rid of the diners. Hope that isn't true. That would be the loss of an amenity (necessity?) that would keep me riding LD trains.