In the case of Amtrak, politics have driven Amrak to have rail lines that are mandated that move doezens of customers. Amtrak spends thousands of dollars per customer and takes in a fraction of that cost. Tax payers spend hundreds and thousands of dollars to move a person by train because some congressman wants to keep a line open. It is right out of Atlas Shrugged.

Look at the bill that gives money to small airlines. In a story last week I saw where there are planes that go between small airports with 1 or 2 people on them. The taxpayer spends over a thousand dollars per person while the ticket costs less than a hundred.

When the government perverts the free market it costs us billions. You can say you hate money, but it doesn’t mean we have to waste it.