Well, he WOULD BE right, setting aside politics. But politics are a reality that affect a lot of things involving transportation. That’s why there is Amtrak out West stopping the train at 3AM to pick up one passenger in the middle of nowhere and AMTRAK money going to states that have no AMTRAK service (Hawa’ii? Seriously?) and why we have essential air service and PSP programs and why F-35s are built from parts made in 42 states and Puerto Rico.

And politics is not going away.