California adds 12 cent gas tax and 20 cent diesel tax

NYCgrrl wrote:
The Amtrak NE corridor's revenue and usage, surpasses and supports the ENTIRETY of the system. The portion of the ride going from Boston to DC pretty much requires advance reservation for NE Regional and Acela due to popularity which in part is due to it's speed. It could go even faster if new track was laid in parts of the run and gosh the way I hear most RV.net posters comment faster is generally better:B.

How this country got so far behind the rest of the world in developing and maintaining a long distance rail system is a bit perplexing and anti progressive to me yet we are certainly a good half a century behind from what I can see.

Fair enough... but you quoted MY text and gave a response pretty unrelated to my argument.

And by the way, Amtrak received #1.3 BILLION in federal grants last year alone. https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0249 Thats a far cry from your statement that the NE Corridor revenue is sufficient to pay for costs of the entire system.

The United States isn't like the European countries that you reference. The mode of transport in the US is far different than those countries. There are plenty of things that are different between the two and plenty of reasons as to why we don't a high speed rail system. We don't need it and the majority of the country doesn't want it (at least they aren't willing to pay the cost that it would take to get it). We aren't a Socialist country (yet). You want to get from NY to LA, you gotta do it yourself, its not going to be subsidized by MY tax dollars.