Joe Biden Public Policy Wonk

Sometimes you do not need to say much - for example -

#1 - Nearly 32 million riders prove what I’ve known my whole career – passenger rail is one of the best bargains available to the American people. We need to continue investing in our nation’s infrastructure, including passenger rail service, to keep our economy moving.  - Joe Biden is Vice President of the United States of America.

#2 -  A graph produced by the Vice President to prove his point.  (Ridership is UP)

#3 - A graph from the Chair of Amtrak's Board to the Congress for more subsidy.

#4 - 

	RIDERSHIP	2013 APPROPRIATION	WISHED FOR APPROPRIATION
	31,600,000	1,378,000,000	2,650,000,000
SUBSIDY PER RIDER		$43.61	$83.86

So Biden argues that something which requires an almost $44 per ride subsidy is one of the "best bargains to the American people" - if that is true I would hate to see some of the lesser bargains.