[il-talk] Fw: Fwd: Republicans Want to take away allstate supported Amtrak trains

Sat Sep 10 22:29:14 UTC 2011

Right on, Bob.  I couldn't agree with you more.
At 04:25 PM 9/10/2011, you wrote:
>No Amtrak putthis right square on the 
>Republicans. The republicans we have now are a 
>pack of rabbid dogs. They are bad evil tea 
>partiers that want to take everything away from 
>us poor working folks and give it all to their rich buddies.
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Gregory D. Rosenberg" <gregg at ricis.com>
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>Date: Fri,  9 Sep 2011 23:13:51
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>Subject: Re: [il-talk] Fw: Fwd: Republicans Want to take away all
>  state  supported Amtrak trains
>
>Good evening,
>
>My friend, I think you mean politicians, as we both know the democrats
>are equally bad or worse. We need to get fresh faces on the Federal
>hill, as well as better leaders at the county, state, and national level
>pretty much across our nation.
>
>On 9/9/2011 1:45 PM, Connie Davis wrote:
> > Bob, where did you get this information? Who is it from?
> >
> > Connie
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Robert A Hansen
> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 11:24 AM
> > To: NFB I'll Talk
> > Subject: [il-talk] Fw: Fwd: Republicans Want to take away all state
> > supported Amtrak trains
> >
> > Here we go again.
> >
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Robert A. Hansen"<roberthansen1970 at gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:22:20
> > To: Robert A.Hansen<roberthansen33 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Fwd: Republicans Want to take away all state supported Amtrak
> > trains
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject:      Republicans Want to take away all state supported Amtrak
> > trains
> > Date:         Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:08:59 -0500
> > From:         Robert A. Hansen<roberthansen1970 at gmail.com>
> > To:   undisclosed-recipients:;
> >
> >
> >
> > I have had it up to here with these butt head Republicans. I am sick of
> > them.
> >
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > September 8, 2011
> > Revised
> > ATK-11-119
> > Contact: Media Relations
> > 202 906.3860
> > HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET PLAN WILL ELIMINATE
> > ALL STATE-SUPPORTED AMTRAK SERVICE
> > WASHINGTON - Despite record-breaking Amtrak ridership and strong support
> > for intercity passenger rail by 15 states, the House Republican
> > transportation budget plan will effectively eliminate all
> > state-supported Amtrak service across the country for the fiscal year
> > beginning October 1.
> > The FY 2012 Transportation-HUD House Appropriations Subcommittee budget
> > proposal offered by the Majority prohibits the use of federal funds
> > provided to Amtrak to fund any operating costs of state-supported
> > trains. If enacted by the full Congress, it will eliminate nearly 150
> > weekday state-supported trains and negatively impact the more than nine
> > million passengers who ride those trains each year and the communities
> > they live in.
> > "The House Republican plan is shortsighted and is the wrong policy for
> > America," said Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman. "It will result
> > in the loss of jobs and reverses significant progress made to use
> > passenger rail to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil."
> > "The GOP plan penalizes states that have made investments in passenger
> > rail, some of which have contributed toward costs for nearly 40 years,"
> > said Amtrak board chairman Tom Carper. "It kills an engine of local and
> > regional economic growth much needed today, harms the future economic
> > vitality of the nation and is unnecessary."
> > Under legislation passed by Congress in 2008, Amtrak is working
> > cooperatively with its state partners to develop a common methodology to
> > share more of the operating and capital costs of state-supported trains
> > with the states.
> > "The Republican proposal forces an unwelcome decision on states who
> > clearly want to preserve and expand passenger rail service," Carper stated.
> > The 15 states which provide state-supported Amtrak service are:
> > California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North
> > Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia,
> > Washington and Wisconsin.
> > ###
> >
> >
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