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Related: About this forumRail Lobby Made Amtrak A Death Trap
The Amtrak crash that claimed a half dozen lives last week is still in the headlines, but as usual, the real story hasnt been told by the corporate media. Amtrak has spent millions lobbying to make rail travel less safe, and to take away your right to hold them accountable.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio discusses whats happening with attorney David Haynes.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)like PDs take from dug dealers?
daleanime
(17,796 posts)appalachiablue
(41,177 posts)on any and all damages and death legislation enabled by fmr. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and others who took rail lobby money during Clinton's admin. The cap must be lifted and the entire rail system upgraded to 1st world status.
elleng
(131,143 posts)is NOT true, the RAIL industry as a whole, essentially FREIGHT rail, has done so. You know, BNSF, UP, all those nice ads we see so often. AMTRAK is a hybrid step-child of the rail industry, and has been treated as such, by congress, for years.