Elon Musk calls for privatization of Postal Service, Amtrak

Elon Musk wants to privatize Amtrak. It would make train travel worse
The market is exactly the wrong place to put something if you want a rail transportation system that meets the needs of all of America.’ Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services,
Elon Musk Proposes Privatizing Amtrak, Calling Rail Service ‘Sad’
Amtrak, after investing more than $4 billion in a year to improve its creaky infrastructure and aging fleet, said it expected to make a profit for the first time under President Trump.
Elon Musk calls for privatization of Postal Service, Amtrak as part of government downsizing
The head of the Department of Government Efficiency suggested the move while speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference Wednesday.
Musk calls Amtrak ‘embarrassing’ and pushes for privatization of federal agencies
Elon Musk recently told those gathered at the Morgan Stanley Technology Media & Telecom conference that anything that can be privatized should be privatized. Among the agencies Musk would like to see privatized are Amtrak and the U.S. Postal Service.
Elon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak
During a remote appearance at a technology conference in San Francisco, Musk told attendees the U.S. should privatize "as much as possible."
Elon Musk says US Postal Service, Amtrak should ‘be privatized’
It’s “kind of embarrassing” how other countries have “way better passenger rail than we do,” Msuk said during a virtual appearance at a Morgan Stanley tech conference.
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Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has slashed government spending and dismantled entire federal agencies and programs, with billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency leading the charge.
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