Posted on 10/20/2011 7:20:11 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
The first Mexican carrier is set to roll into the U.S. interior within days, but the Teamsters union and two California congressmen haven't given up on stopping the cross-border trucking program that had been stalled for years by safety concerns and political wrangling. U.S. Reps. Duncan Hunter and Bob Filner joined Teamsters President James Hoffa at the border Wednesday to take a bipartisan stand against the pilot project that will allow approved Mexican trucks to come deep into the United States. The first one will enter Texas on Friday. Hunter is a San Diego-area Republican, while Filner is a Democrat whose district includes California's border with Mexico. They were surrounded at a news conference by more than 75 union members from at least five states.
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Look for an increase in fatals.
For sure....
Now the rest of the country gets to share in what the border region from Calif to Brownsville has always had.
H. Ross Perot, was right.
Just saying.
All hell breaks loose if one of these rolling heaps brings in a bomb....
I can see it now.....On vacation trying to see America and you get stuck behind 10 of these bean wagons in New Mexico doing 40 mph....A special hat tip to my government! FU!
It’s odd that the teamsters and other unions want more illegals to pad their numbers, but scream bloody murder at this.
great pics....It’s a comin for sure...When you take a family vacation you can bring back these pics to pass around the office...
They are screaming bloody murder because the drivers aren’t unionized. Yet.
Right about many things. All along the walls in the building I work in are prints of his slides from the 92 and 96 elections. Spot on correct on many, many topics including NAFTA and the economy.
And I gott'a question those EPA approved, clean-burning engines ...
fascinating pics. link?
IF they are enforcing US safety and driver standards on Mexican vehicles, I’d say this would be a good thing. Its ultimate effect would be to force improvement of everything that US businesses and people have to deal with that comes from Mexico or exists in the border area, ranging from roads to driver standards to trucking regulations.
If they just plan to let in anything with wheels, however, this is a seriously bad idea.
The EPA will fast track these heaps all over America with exemptions.....
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