Interestingly these cuts always affect social things that exist for the benefit of all: healthcare, education, environmental protection, art.

Meanwhile we truck our goods around while trains would be much more efficient. Trucks are only cheap because we subsidise them through the roads they are using. Few people are aware that road wear increases to the fourth (!) power with axle weight. That means cars or bicycles are even ignored in the calculation because they do so little damage, while trucks are responsible for nearly all of it. But they don't pay for nearly all of it – we do.

In the meantime trains have to maintain their own rail system.