Feds Pay To Upgrade Mexican Trucks, US Trucks Not So Lucky

http://radioviceonline.com/ ^ | April 12, 2011 | Steve McGough

[Biggirl]

A story broke yesterday concerning the retrofit of more than 100 trucks from Mexico that do not meet United States environmental standards. Our federal government is paying to upgrade these trucks, yet when the state of California and the EPA set new rules for US-owned trucks, they fine companies who do not comply.

This post is not about the environment, it concerns how US trucking companies are treated by the federal and state government as compared to Mexican-owned rigs. From AzCentral.com.

For air-quality regulators, the border creates a legal barrier. State and federal agencies can’t force vehicles manufactured and bought in Mexico to comply with U.S. emissions rules, even though the trucks cross into this country.

So the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality tried a different approach, offering to pay Mexican truck owners to replace old mufflers with new catalytic converters that will reduce harmful diesel emissions by up to 30 percent. The project in effect circumvents the more lax Mexican rules about exhaust systems.

[Biggirl]

What is WRONG with this picture?

[John O]

I got a better idea, if the exhaust system is that important just STOP THE FOREIGN TRUCKS FROM COMING IN!

It’s really not that hard.

[Wolfie]

Classic.

[RC2]

Why would we want to help out our own people? That’s just stupid. sarc/

[Liz]

OMG-—read this-———and scream for it to STOP.

[hal ogen]

And the Mexo truckers need to remember to stop in Maryland where they can get in-state college tuition as illegal aliens. Bizarro World. Freak State.

[Neoliberalnot]

Another move to put America in last place. American citizens are standing by as the federal and many state governments show more concern for citizens of foreign countrys than for US citizens paying the bills. Once again, this demonstrates the devaluing process for US citizenship. See Obama playbook for directions on undermining the value of US citizenship—Rule#1 — attack US citizens in Arizona to protect the criminal alien’s right to cross our borders unhindered.

[pyx]

What is WRONG with this picture?

What is wrong with this picture is, it's a lie. US TAXPAYERS are paying to upgrade Mexican trucks. You are paying. We are all paying.

[GlockThe Vote]

Impeachment.

[Menehune56]

There was a story last month about the Los Angeles police not impounding cars of illegals arrested for DUI because because of the disparate impact on them. Cars of citizens stopped for DUI would continue to be impounded. The new world order marches on.

[CPT Clay]

We Cannot afford this!!!!!

[Iron Munro]

THREE FAVORITE PASTIMES OF POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS AND MOOCHERS:

• Dreaming up idiotic ways to throw away money we don't have

• Throwing foaming-at-the-mouth fits over proposals to trim government budgets

• Explaining why the rest of us just aren't smart enough to understand why they need every penny they can extort from us

[Venturer]

If they don’t pass inspection at the Border turn them around.

[algernonpj]

Another move to put America in last place. American citizens are standing by as the federal and many state governments show more concern for citizens of foreign countrys than for US citizens paying the bills. Once again, this demonstrates the devaluing process for US citizenship. See Obama playbook for directions on undermining the value of US citizenship—Rule#1 — attack US citizens in Arizona to protect the criminal alien’s right to cross our borders unhindered.

It's important to realize that this did not start with Obama; it has been going on aggressively over the past three administrations (Bush I, Clinton, Bush II). It began before that. Both major parties have been complicit in the destruction of the middle class.

I guess the middle class, like Mubarak and Quaddafi has out lived its usefulness to our international over lords.

[Liz]

Oh please-----can't inconvenience Mexi-truckers to stop for US freebies. Obama is providing each trucker with:

(1) multiple apps for Social Security benefits, SSI for the kids, welfare forms, food stamps, EITC apps, locales of free healthcare providers, free drivers' licenses and passports, sub-prime mortgage apps, bank accounts for every identity, and gun and machete permits;

(2) Democrat party voter registration forms;

(3) lists of Democrat campaign committees taking donations from drug lords;

(4) US locales of phony document manufacturers.

Obama will issue Executive Orders declaring all Mexi-truckers as undocumented Democrats. Will supply trucks with mattresses, pillows, bottled Perrier, Taco Bell coupons, Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free cards to ease the massive flow of Mexicans into the US.

[Pecos]

Absolutely concur on the short history lesson regarding previous administrations.

The problem is tha there appears to be no way to get off this train. I’ve looked.

[Liz]

Feds Pay To Upgrade Mexican Trucks? So that explains why Ohaha cut $300 million from the Merida Initiative (/snix).

WHAT IS THE MERIDA INITIATIVE? The US Congress passed legislation in late June 2008 to provide Mexico with $400 million and Central American countries with $65 million that year for the Mérida Initiative---to fight drug wars. The initiative was announced 22 Oct 2007 and signed into law June 30, 2008.

THE FACTS ARE THESE : Mexico is calculatedly staging the "war on drugs" ------- with a hidden agenda------to wage war against the United States USING OUR TAX DOLLARS. Mexico has infiltrated the US political system, from domestic to foreign policy, AND US L/E, using deceit and guile. The mexican govt is sending millions of Reconquista shock troops over the border (illegal aliens) cueing them in WRT taking the US system.

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Central America and Mexico are conning the US -----extorting US tax dollars to support Marxist/terrorist movement via the Merida Initiative----a despicable con to arm its police and military using US tax dollars to protect terrorists and drug cartels who are moving across the border into the US.

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Clearly, the Mexican govt is fomenting drug violence in order to: (1) get billions of dollars in US assistance, and, (2) to help their populations flee over the border claiming they are victims of violence and need "asylum." Asylum claims gets illegals thousands of dollars in SS funds.

Mexican Federales are getting rich using some familiar strategies:

(1) plotting to become a ward of the US;

(2) faking victimization;

(3) secretly revving up internal conflicts;

(4) play-acting the ignoramus;

(5) claiming they can't "control" their enemies without US money;

(6) organizing voting blocs----exchanging votes for US cash.

ACTION NOW---Stop all funding for this con game. Tell your reps to stop funding the anti-American Merida Initiative now. .

[La Lydia]

Wonder how American truckers feel knowing that their government is using their tax dollars to subsidize their competition.

[Gilbo_3]

ive lost my voice from screaming...and now i must work feverishly to convince the other voices in my head to remain calm, lest they take over and i step away from the keyboard...

[Neoliberalnot]

Please do not compare the BO’s Attorney General attacking the citizens of AZ to favor foreign criminals as equivalent to Bushes and Clinton.