Shake out a few over here
Posted on 05/16/2011 10:03:15 AM PDT by jazusamo
13 Republicans and 31 Democrats
Bass ackwards?!
People shouldn’t kid themselves, this is about turning another sector of our jobs over to foreign nationals. If the Mexican trucks gain access, there won’t be one U. S. Citizen trucker in five years.
Ah, no thanks!
No, Canadian trucks come into the US all the time. They are required to carry higher insurance in Canada than the US.
However, most states(except MI) do not allow b-train trucks.
This double trailer arrangement allows more weight/axel and a higher overall gross weight and length. This is the way most freight moves in Canada. So logistically it makes it more expensive to move product into the US unless it is on this rig arrangement. Therefore, they will often offload the freight at the border of the US and load it onto a different trailer set up to travel in the states. They will also split the load at the border and deliver half at a time.
The other configuration of a Tri-axle rig or Maxi is used in ME, OR , WA , ID , MT & ND. This rig is only allowed in these states and typically does not travel into Canada.
I call BS on that. You just have to make sure they are bonded with a US bank/insurance company.
This is all about protecting THE TEAMSTERS UNION.
A trailer sent into Mexico with new tires often returns with bald tires a week later;their roads must be terrible!(From conversations with drivers of several large national trucking companies.)
You call B.S. on my statement, then suggest that all we need to do is bond them with US bank/insurance company. Why would we need to bond them if they weren’t taking over our complete trucking industry?
Why would you make a comment about the Teamster’s Union if you didn’t agree with my overall assessment?
And since when did the teamsters rule 100% of the trucking industry?
Evidently you think replacing all U.S. independent truckers with Mexican drivers and rigs, would be a great idea.
Count me out on that agenda.
Thanks. Years ago I believe our companies would reload our product on Mexican trucks at the border, we must be sending the trailers in now, the bigger companies may have done it then too.
There you have it!!!
There you have it!!!
I read somewhere that in 1975 when Smokey And The Bandit was filmed over 70% of the trucks on the road were independent owner / operators. Now there are less than 20% of independent trucks on the road.
Perhaps the kneebreakers have something to do with this as well
Does not the Legislative Branch make up the laws?
Now, if they are begging Obama not to veto the law that they create, that's a different story.
If they are going to allow Obama to make law, then they should all quit and we'll save money not paying for the entire Legislative branch.
I don’t know if you were being sarcastic or not. They come back with bald tires because they get swapped out at some point in their trip down south. Eight trailer tires will run in the vicinity of $2,000. I have sent trailers over the border before and can tell you any and all equipment that goes over with the trailer does not come back. Drivers have to strip out their trailers at a local agent before sending them over. They always come back with something wrong. It could be dents, smashed lights, graffiti, or the infamous tire switch.
Bingo. It's all about the unions. There are plenty of crappy domestic trucks on our roads. At least, on the border, you could monitor or inspect what comes in.
I could care less if Mexico makes Mexicans pay higher taxes. This tariff was retaliatory and was done to force the US to lose revenue and force the US into accepting Mexican trucks.
If Mexico wants to punish the U.S. by punishing Mexicans by taxing them harder, I would just stand there pointing and laughing, but hey, that’s just me. The only people having money taxed out of their pockets are Mexicans. American have a 100% effective tax avoidance trick - don’t sell anything on the tariff list to Mexico. Sell it in some other country. No revenue loss.
Notice how effective the retaliation was. If it wasn’t mentioned in the article no one would notice it, including you.
A September 2009 report by the Chamber of Commerce estimated if the U.S. did not implement the NAFTA trucking provisions, "the impact on U.S. employment ... coupled with Mexican retaliation equals 25,600 jobs.” The report also estimated that the suspension of the program has caused “U.S. exports to decline by $2.6 billion.”
This is the tariff retaliation they are talking about. Real numbers. Real people. Right now. Sorry you didn't notice it.
And why waste time finding new markets for stuff that Mexico won’t buy, which is your “solution”? That’s where the tax on funds flowing from the US to Mexico comes in. Unless that’s what you are trying to avoid.
As for the Chamber of Commerce they want the full 48 state NAFTA trucking program, so I put no reliance on any of their statistics. And they ignore the costs of unsafe Mexican trucks in dead, injured, and property damage, which tab will have to be picked up by Americans, because the Mexicans sure won't. But maybe that doesn't bother you.
The Chamber of Commerce does not have the American people's back on this issue. Believe them at your peril.
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