Romney wants to cut Arts and Amtrak

[Jacobtm]

Not if that transportation is a net loser as an investment.

That is the entire reason to fund transportation. It is a subsidy to the poor. If the government didn't pay for trains, people would have even fewer, less convenient, more expensive options for transportation.

Would you defund police, since they don't return a profit?

[Jacobtm]

How in the hell do you equate police and Amtrack??

Public services which are not designed to create a profit, but to benefit people in other ways.