Step inside the sprawling factory in California where the largest fleet replacement in Amtrak’s 55-year history is coming together piece by piece.

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    13 hours ago

    Amtrak is a joke, and Biden should have done more about it when he had the chance. It’s shameful we don’t have a modern high speed rail network in the US.

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      9 hours ago

      Amtrak is a joke,

      Yes.

      It’s shameful we don’t have a modern high speed rail network in the US.

      Again, true.

      and Biden should have done more about it when he had the chance.

      Yeah, I’m in agreement with @NOT_RICK in that Biden was stymied by popular opinion and richbitch protest to not spend on things like infrastructure because he was too busy dumping money into the disaster-du-jour caused by chronic insufficient investment in infrastructure and healthcare … again, prevented by richbitch politicos reframing everything as "taking money out of the hands of the middle class for some boondoggle like heathcare. “Who in Louisiana or North Dakota even USES I-5, anyway?” and similar bad-faith arguments.

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      12 hours ago

      Wouldn’t the president need congress to appropriate money for that? What would you have liked him to do?

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        9 hours ago

        He claimed to be some big champion of Amtrak. Presidents often push for “moonshots” but he barely did anything about it while in office. That’s why I specifically mentioned him.