The railroads when they ran the passenger services used the dining car as a loss leader

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Submitted by Lyle (United States), Aug 3, 2012 11:27

In the 1960s before Amtrak the railroads lost money on passenger trains as well. So in at least one sense it is the business that dictates this, not the fact that it is Amtrak. Of course one wonders what would happen if for example you outsourced the food service to Subway?

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The Future of Capitalism replies:

The USA Today article linked has congressional Democrats opposing such an outsourcing or contracting out on the grounds it would replace good-paying union government jobs with minimum-wage type labor.

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Overhead? [52 words]Jerry SkurnikAug 3, 2012 17:12
⇒ The railroads when they ran the passenger services used the dining car as a loss leader
[w/response] [51 words]		LyleAug 3, 2012 11:27
↔ I picked subway deliberately here [118 words]LyleAug 3, 2012 23:34

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