Save Our Trains Michigan
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WASHINGTON - The federal government spends billions of dollars every year on airports, canals, harbors and interstate highways. Yet when it comes to Amtrak passenger rail service, there is an annual struggle over how much taxpayers should have to spend to keep the trains running.
Amtrak is caught nearly every year between those who want to do away with passenger rail and those who complain that it's chronically underfunded.
In its budget for next year, the Bush administration proposes spending only $360 million for passenger rail service to maintain tracks used by commuter rail services in the Northeast and other urban areas. Amtrak said it needs $1.8 billion to continue operating in the 2006 fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
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Amtrak is caught nearly every year between those who want to do away with passenger rail and those who complain that it's chronically underfunded.
In its budget for next year, the Bush administration proposes spending only $360 million for passenger rail service to maintain tracks used by commuter rail services in the Northeast and other urban areas. Amtrak said it needs $1.8 billion to continue operating in the 2006 fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
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