[dragnet2]

Lets say there are two drivers that drive trucks, you enter our country making 5 dollars per hour, and the American driver is making $24 per hour with benefits. How exactly is this type of competition good for the American driver?

the American trucker may be worse off, that is unfortunate, but American society is made better off

No we won't be better off pal. You think the American trucker above will keep his standard of living if he has to come down to the Mexican truckers income level? Because that is exactly, eventually what will happen.

Gezzz....

[scarface367]

You’re making the false assumption that the trucker can only do that particular job.

[ozarkgirl]

You think the American trucker above will keep his standard of living if he has to come down to the Mexican truckers income level?

Precisely.

And that's what happened to construction and meat packing, used to be jobs with wages where a family could be supported, no more. These "higher than thou" types think Americans are all college educated high brows. Not every American should be required to have a college education to get by. Some people are better with their hands and very talented in construction. Not everyone gets to be a rocket scientist (can you say "would you like fries with that?")

[papasmurf]

This may help you.

The average company driver in America earns 42k gross. He spends, on average, 48 weeks a year away from home, family, friends. Her costs, on the road, average $31.00 per day.

Truckers are 60 times more likely to suffer a heart attack by the age of 50 than non truckers. Cancer strikes truckers 20 times more frequently than non truckers. Joint and back injuries are the number one debilitating illness for truckers, ending the careers of approx. 20k per year. There are approx. 8 million class A & B CDL holders in the U.S., and only 3 million active drivers. Less than half are over the road drivers.

1 in 4 truckers have a HS diploma. 1 in 10 have a college degree.