Quite the opposite. Illegals have absolutely nothing to do with trade with Mexico, which is what this addresses.
You went from highway safety to criminal activity in the span of a few posts. It is you that has taken the extreme position on this issue and that resembles hysteria.
We trade with Mexico daily (those corrupt companies you like to refer to) to the tune of $1 billion. They are the United States’ #2 trading partner. They are not going to risk access to the United States in transporting their goods by running an illegal license racket out of the cab of the rig, or any such other nonsense. I will take this opportunity to point out that their rigs cross our borders and travel 25 miles to unloading areas daily. Yet I haven’t heard of any mass highway fatalities due to their presence on our highways, or anything else you have purported. If you have facts to back up your allegations then by all means let’s have them.
It was you not I that makes the claims that morals need to take precedence over business — why “morals” relate to transporting goods I have no idea. You then accused me of being immoral, loving money, yada yada yada and I close my eyes and yeah, sounds like a liberal to me. If you have a problem with these corrupt and criminal companies then I would just assume the “moral” thing to do would be to cease trade with them, no?
Bottom line is we trade with these alleged “corrupt” companies every single day. We are removing the archaic
system of transporting goods between countries which pads the pockets of Teamsters and increases the costs to consumers significantly. We have implemented strict regulations and oversight of this program. This is a pilot program that will involve a few select Mexican trucking companies. Before you get your panties further in a bunch why don’t you wait and see how this program works out.
But that would be the reasonable thing to do, so I am sure you aren’t interested in that.
Heck when it is all said and done it is Bush’s fault right? Now who is the one who sounds like they post on the DU?
Let’ see the trucks are already deemed to be safe (please go to link to learn the extent of inspections/oversight will be):
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“We are ready with modern inspection facilities, and we have hired and trained hundreds of inspectors. All told, 540 federal and state inspectors are already on the job, standing by to screen trucks coming across the border from Mexico to ensure that both the drivers and their vehicles are safe to make deliveries in the United States.
And under our safety inspection plan, each and every truck in the demonstration program will be checked, and any unsafe vehicle or unfit driver will be taken off the road.
Our records show that Mexican trucks currently operating in the commercial zone are as safe as the trucks operated by companies here in the United States. We know this because federal and state inspectors are already screening the trucks crossing into our country from Mexico.
We have years of experience, we have a rigorous safety inspection plan in place, and we have the facilities and the trained professionals to carry it out”
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/cbtsip/peters022307.htm
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2001 article that touches on the serious problems related to the archaic system in place:
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Over the past 15 years, U.S. trade with Mexico has increased 400 percent—from $48 billion to $239 billion—yet neither Mexico nor the United States has made the adjustments necessary to handle the growing traffic. Unlike U.S. commerce with any other nation but Canada, U.S.–Mexico trade is mostly truck trade. And whether truckers use busy Texas, California or Arizona crossings, they face congestion and long waits, usually associated with government inspections and customs processing.
http://www.dallasfed.org/eyi/global/0109border.html
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