Recent content by HotlantaAl

Well, I was on the CZ last week and the conductor that got onboard in Salt Lake City was selling souvenirs onbard, but only for a limited time. I think it was to raise money for the safety committee at the Salt Lake City Amtrak station. I bought a real nice mug with the old CZ logo on it.

My daughter plays the cello so I know the problems that come with that. Do you have a hard case for the cello of a soft case? If you have a hard case then I would place it in checked baggage.

Hope there is no problem. Got to be on #6 a week from tomorrow.

Is this why there has been Service Disruptions for the past 2 days for CZ #6?

I have a question. If the CZ leaves Emeryville at 9:10AM, will they serve breakfast?

Part of the reason Amtrak continues to set ridership records is partly due to three letters: TSA. The more TSA mistreats airline passengers by subjecting them to invasive screening procedures, theft of their personal belongings and sexual harassment, the more people will turn away from the...

Agreed, these are very costly and I would support scaling these back. Again, I just look at the numbers and I agree with this statement.

I think the key word here is world. US Tax law doesn't tax world corporations. That is most of the problem, all that cash is now overseas and outside of US jurisdiction.

Who is being silly? I am just point out that the biggest driver to the problem is the total debt. That is where the cost issue is. Remember, the title to this disscussion is the Federal Deficit and Amtrak.

That's kind of the point. The Democratic Senators are saying they are serious about reducing the deficit by taxing the millionaires: "It goes to the heart of whether we are serious about reducing the deficit, as opposed to just shrinking government," a Democratic Senate aide told The Hill. My...

Negative. By your own post you said that you wanted half a million from each millionaire just to balance the annual debt. You still have 14.7 Trillion in debt that you must pay interest on. An example: Just because you balance your yearly household budget doesn’t make your mortgage go away...

The problem with that is that the forecasted annual deficit is based on the current interest rate. If you have an increase in inflation, you will result in having an increase in the interest rate. This will cause your forecast of the annual deficit to be way off and to take a significant...

The part you missed: http://www.peoplesworld.org/congressional-democrats-call-for-raising-taxes-on-millionaires/

Number of Millionaires in America 3,104,000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire#United_States) Federal Deficit As of August 3, 2011, the gross debt was $14.70 trillion dollars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt) The tax increase on each millionaire would need to...

thanks, I just tried it and it works great.