Economy

not to mention injuries and loss of life. How big is the problem? Check this out:

https://www.newsweek.com/us-train-derailments-seven-have-crashed-month-february-1781874

Since most derailments are caused by poor track maintenance, it's obviously past time to take control of the tracks away from the corporations, which can still make big enough profits transporting goods, and handing the tracks over to the Feds. This is how it is done in other countries, the government better able to make sure the rails are maintained in a timely manner, the freight and passenger trains paying fees to use them, and the policy of using them as cash cows by ignoring problems a thing of the past.

What we have now doesn't work.