ahahahah Amtrak bribing people with $$$? Money they don't have because Congress keeps slashing their budget(s)? They have been losing money since at least the 1980s. All their money also goes into a very bloated middle management system- there's too many of them.
Amtrak has been haggling with Congress for years to get the appropriate funding but in the meantime 30 year old trains are still in service, many stations were shut down (mostly smaller towns/cities), train routes/schedules cut back.... and the list goes on.
