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A Plan By The Bush Administration "to Privatize Parts Of The National Passenger Rail System And Spin Off Other Parts To Partial State Ownership" Provoked Disagreement Within Amtrak's Board Of Directors Late In 2005 Gunn Was Fired Gunn's Replacement Alexander Kummant (2006�08) Was Committed To Operating A National Rail Network And Like Gunn Opposed The Notion Of Putting The Northeast Corridor Under Separate Ownership He Said That Shedding The System's Long-distance Routes Would Amount To Selling National Assets That Are On Par With National Parks And That Amtrak's Abandonment Of These Routes Would Be Irreversible In Late 2006 Amtrak Unsuccessfully Sought Annual Congressional Funding Of $1 Billion For Ten Years In Early 2007 Amtrak Employed 20,000 People In 46 States And Served 25 Million Passengers A Year Its Highest Amount Since Its Founding In 1970 Politico Noted A Key Problem: "the Rail System Chronically Operates In The Red A Pattern Has Emerged: Congress Overrides Cutbacks Demanded By The White House And Appropriates Enough Funds To Keep Amtrak From Plunging Into Insolvency But Amtrak Advocates Say That Is Not Enough To Fix The System's Woes."