When we
heard the phrase Make American Great Again I thought we were going to go back to
making things in the USA again, I thought we were going to go back to American Ingenuity,
literally reach for the stars again by returning to Space, and put Americans
back to work for the common good of America. I thought Patriotism
was going to come back and we were going to set aside petty beefs and
disagreements. American after
all is suppose to be the land of opportunity, the so called melting pot of the
world but instead of any of this
happening people of the same social economic class continue to fight among ourselves ignoring the real problem that is plaguing us all the richest one
percent that is really controlling everything. Through Social Engineering, racism,
classism, sexism, and high Fuckery of the worst kinds we have all allowed ourselves
as Malcolm X said “to be led astray, hoodwinked and bamboozled” by the rich and
powerful. So instead if returning to space,
putting education back to the forefront as a priority, making things in
American again and returning to the Ingenuity that truly made us great in the
first place we are fighting among ourselves while Donald Trump and the
current administration is selling the country off little by little to the
highest bitter and cutting essential services in order to fund tax cuts for the
filthy rich yet again. Look
no further than the latest diabolical decision to cut funding to Amtrak. Really Amtrak outside of a Grey Hound bus the cheapest form of
transportation for the common American to get across Country on and they want
to cut this service out??? My God talk about make
American Great again maybe the current President and his cabinet of rejects
needs a history lesson about Western Expansion, the Homestead Act of 1862 and
the formation of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. Talk about Making American Great
Again expanding America from sea to sea and developing a transportation system
to get from the east to the west was one the greatest moves made in the history
of the country since the Louisiana Purchase by Founding Father and then
President Thomas Jefferson on April 30, 1803. The Homestead Act signed by President
Lincoln on May 20, 1862 encouraged Western Migration by
offering settlers 160 acres of land if they paid a small filling fee and lived
on the land out west for 5 years. The building of the Transcontinental Railroad gave people the
means to travel faster and safer from coast to coast much like the miles of
track that is used by common people of America via Amtrak today. The history channel called the
Transcontinental Railroad a Modern Marvel and has a special on it. The building of the system employed over 5000 people
and symbolized American Nationalism on May 10th 1869 when the golden
spike was nailed in completing the work between the Central Pacific Railroad
and the Union Pacific Railroad and truly uniting the Country from coast to coast.
In October 1970 Congress passed the Rail Passenger Service Act and Amtrak was
born. On May 1st 1971 Amtrak began managing a Nationwide Passenger
Rail Service.
Getting rid
of one of the cheapest outside of the
bus systems forms of transportation across country simply so the President can afford tax breaks for the
rich is the dumbest idea he has came up with yet. This is worse than the people on the
internet that actually believed the Flint water crisis was caused because DJ
Yorkoo stuck his "thAng" in the water pipes. I find it odd that some of the people that would or do benefit from this
service like Black Lives Matter protesters, Feminist Women’s
Marchers and Protesters, the LGBT community, and even the Moron Boys of the Klu
Kluk Klan protesters aren’t out raged by this. I mean seriously what
better way to get from city to city for your rallies and marches than by train.
It is also unfortunate for working class, poor, and even middle
class Americans that want a relaxing cheap way to see this great Country but
may no longer be able to experience it by train. Even Vice President Joe Biden when he was a Senator and when he left the
Office of the Vice Presidency of the United States rode Amtrak trains back and
forth from Delaware to DC. He and wife left DC for the last time by train as
well. In this age of descent
and disagreement of virtually everything I think most of us can agree on one
thing and that is the trains must continue to run, and continue to service the
Americans who either love or rely on this historic form of transportation.
There is a petition circulating which this author has signed to urge Congress
not to derail this part of Americana petitions.moveon.org/sign/save-amtrak-3. Let us hope that this
train has not left the station for the last and final time!
written by J. Mass
written by J. Mass
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