Posted on 02/19/2024 5:32:35 AM PST by jimjohn
Like any “system” that includes moving items through a process, if you remove just a few touch points it will screw up the time it takes to complete.
For example, if you remove a single cashier from the grocery store on the day before Thanksgiving...the lines will get a lot longer.
So, with ALL of the trucks going into NYC on any given day if just a small percent of them stop rolling...it will screw up the system dramatically.
Of course, the same action would clear up the highways around the city. THAT is what most people would see right away.
There wont be enough boycotting drivers to make a difference. Any load refused will be given to a foreigner or woke scab.
Something pointed out in the article....
If they can do this to a former President, they can do it to you too.
So your option is not even try.
Got any other suggestions on how to fix things in this country?
Or are you just going to keep raining on everyone’s parade?
I’ve been boycotting things from NY for a long time now.
It’s been so long that I forgot why, but I still make a conscious effort to check place of origin on things I buy
Oh...
You’re one of those...
Just 1 truck has an effect, though probably not really felt.
Dozens have the same effect.
Hundreds have a small effect.
Thousands, now were rolling...
But one person like you can stop this thing dead.
Go away
I might change to whom #2 is directed. IMHO, the naysyaers come in two categories:
1. The true Eeyores who think nothing works, there is no hope, we're all doomed, and all around masochists who I suspect aren't someone to depend on. For anything.
2. The operatives/Leftists, who try to discourage peoole from taking action. These are the true scumbags of humanity. Unlike the first category, they are the parasites who like a leech or mosquito, try to numb their prospective host to avoid getting swatted/squashed. Their biggest fear is that taking action COULD work.
Advice to should be to IGNORE the naysayers (because their intent is to hinder any effort) while following the second part of #2 of your post.
I don’t usually read pieces this long all the way through, but I read this.
And I liked it.
And I’ll pass it on if that’s ok.
“Somebody talks a lot, and no one wants to read his 2000 word punishment essay. No matter what side he is on.”
Just because an essay has a lot of substance doesn’t mean it’s substantive. He should try going for wit and it’s brevity.
I think it can. However, you identified a good point!
Hypothetically, let’s model this similarly to the Berlin blockade. The US (primarily) was able to supply Berlin (pop est 2.25 million) via air transport. I can’t see that happening in NYC. Now the product mix is different today vs. Berlin as IIRC, we even had to transport coal into Berlin for energy generation. In the case of NYC, roads are open and you won’t have hostile aircraft harassing any inbound cargo planes.
But in NYC, there is a very large population (pop est 8.5 million) increasing due to the illegals, that generates a growing demand for goods. That requires a growing demand for transportation to deliver those goods. I’m making the assumption that truck transportation into the city is reasonably close to full loads. Even if the amount of transportation due to the boycott just flatlines, net supply should decrease.
Regarding your correct comment regarding regional traffic, if...someone wanted to implement the boycott, they would focus more on the distribution centers in the region that then supply NYC. Restrict deliveries to those distribution centers, and even if all the regional drivers are still working, they will run out of goods to deliver.
My 1 1/2 cents,
“You may have several hundred truckers participate, and still nobody will notice.”
If those “several hundred truckers” are involved with
Food
Fuel
Water treatment chemicals
then people will notice. It will take a few days, but they’ll notice.
I think we can all pitch in by boycotting NYC in our own lives. Don’t travel there.
NY City probably has closer to a 3 day supply of fresh food than two weeks. Computers have made just in time delivery a real thing and real estate prices have made storage a real issue for smaller businesses. I do not know if this thing will catch on, but it would not take long for the impact to be felt if even 15-20% of truckers got involved. A better strategy than a full boycott would be to just Botox things up with no Monday Friday deliveries. You might get more truckers involved if they did not have to cut their own noses off.
“Everyone should boycott NYC and New York State in any way possible. Refuse that contemptable state any money to the best of your ability. Anyone can do that.”
Absolutely... Don’t do business with any company in NYC. The businesses will immediately put pressure on lawmakers to correct this injustice.
“We shouldn’t put it all on the truckers.
We should boycott new york in our own personal business.
I buy a lot online, but I try to never buy anything from a new york (or california) seller.”
Absolutely.
2 weeks vs 3 days: My suspicion is that they would use other means to pull in resources from outside the area after the ‘just in time stuff’ ran out. Emergency rail was my first thought. I should have emphasized a key line out of the article:
“...perception is reality, and they already have a preconceived notion about us. Let’s use both to our advantage...”
Think about that.
;-)
My company is involved daily in the trucking of bulk materials around the country. NYC/NJ is already one of the most expensive places to deliver into on the east coast.
This is because all the major highways going in there are typically toll roads.
In addition, the traffic is terrible. Long haul truck drivers are paid by the mile. Not by the hour. Therefore, If it takes an extra 4 half day to deliver into the NYC/Newark area they charge for this.
Even picking up at the ports in NJ is more expensive. We purchase materials FOB the port. There is very little products sent into Newark ports that does not stay in the NYC metro area. This is because of the logistical nightmare of going into and out of these ports. Meaning you will pay an extra $1/mile shipping into or out of these ports.
Hence, IF you want to bring a product into the New England market the manufacturer will bring it into New Haven, CT.
IF you want to bring a product into the mid Atlantic market you will ship it into Baltimore, Wilmington(DE), or Philadelphia.
So, this effort will just remove more truckers from going into to NYC. However, IF the current rate going in there is $3.00/mile, then the rate will go up to $3.50 or $4.00 per mile. It just means everything going into NYC will cost more. However, it will not be double.
That’s what I’ve heard by aquaintances of mine who drive truck. Trucking companies hiring unqualified drivers - from other countries.
Go to any truckstop, right now, on any major interstate system in this country. Watch the truckers pile out of their trucks while they’re on the fuel pumps. 85% are for nationals, and most don’t even speak English. Truck drivers in this country are not on board with any conservative anti-immigrant movement. Half of all truck drivers do not even speak basic English. It’s much worse near major cities. When I get pushback on these points, it’s always from some farmer in Iowa who goes to a little truckstop off of a two-lane highway near his town we’re all his buddies still drive Smokey and the bandit no longer exists people.
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