"U.S. taxpayers are also being required to pick up the cost of replacing old mufflers on dozens of Mexican trucks at a cost of $1,600 each, while U.S. truckers must buy their own mufflers. The excuse is that this will improve air quality on our highways."
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Idiocy. Why do taxpayers have to buy them new mufflers? That makes no sense whatsoever.
2 posted on
11/11/2011 8:36:24 PM PST by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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“Transportes’ trucks will not have to be inspected at the border every time they cross.”
Methinks the cartels will visit these guys with an offer they can’t refuse.
4 posted on
11/11/2011 8:39:59 PM PST by
varyouga
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Even though Obama is a big advocate of clean air and green jobs, there is no mention in the agreement that Mexican trucks should adhere to the environmental standards imposed on American trucks. Juan Carlos Muñoz, president of Mexico's National Chamber of Motor Transport of Freight, said that Mexican companies "do not have sufficient capacity to supply the diesel suitable for these new technologies," and that, if held to these requirements, Mexican truckers would be unable to "ever enter the United States, at least not for the next 20 years.
6 posted on
11/11/2011 8:41:47 PM PST by
dennisw
(I heard the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-- Sting)
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Once again Bozo proves that he thinks(legal or illegal) aliens have more rights than American citizens.
17 posted on
11/11/2011 9:23:41 PM PST by
calex59
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The trucks rolling in from Mexico would never pass a DOT inspection. Some of the drivers are teenagers.
18 posted on
11/11/2011 9:28:36 PM PST by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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23 posted on
11/11/2011 10:11:21 PM PST by
onyx
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Possession is nine tenths of the law.
24 posted on
11/11/2011 10:15:51 PM PST by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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Oh goody. The largest ands most used semi-trailer is 53'-0" long x 8'-6' wide. The inside dimensions are approx 52.5'x8' which is 420 Sq Ft, total inside area. And iirc the 'average person' requires 3 Sq Ft to stand, that's 140 people that could easily be packed into each trailer by human smugglers.
Ergo, if only 100 Semis crossed each day -- which is only One every 14.4 minutes -- in one 30 day period that's another 420,000 ILLEGALS that we WILL wind up supporting. Not to mention the TONS of drugs that a single semi can haul.
I know the election is approaching fast but Obama needs to be removed from office asap. Jan 20, 2013 is too dam late! Plus, just imagine what that pos will do from Nov to Jan when he loses. He will take out his revenge on America faster than you can say 'Poughkeepsie'.
30 posted on
11/12/2011 5:17:05 AM PST by
Condor51
(Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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and America takes another one in the........
31 posted on
11/12/2011 5:21:57 AM PST by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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