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Amtrak loses over $800 million on food and beverages
Friday, August 3, 2012    
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It costs passengers $9.50 to buy a cheeseburger and $2.00 for a Pepsi, but the cost to taxpayers is $16.15 and $3.40, respectively.

Taxpayers lost nearly a billion dollars over the last decade on food and beverages supplied by Amtrak, the Washington Examiner reported. 

According to Rep. John Mica (R-FL), it costs passengers $9.50 to buy a cheeseburger and $2.00 for a Pepsi, but the cost to taxpayers is $16.15 and $3.40, respectively. That is because Amtrak managed to spend $1.70 for every dollar it received in revenue on food services, which amounted to an $833.8 million dollar loss. 

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