Matthew Yglesias 1 month ago

Amtrak’s Losses

Matt, are you too falling for the “Chicago to San Francisco” fallacy? The Chicago-SF train is also the Chicago-Omaha train, the Denver-Grand Junction train, the Salt Lake-Reno train, and the Green River-Sacramento train. Full Article at Matthew Yglesias

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