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Senate votes to ban Mexican trucks
AP via Yahoo! News ^
| Sep. 11, 2007
| Suzanne Gamboa
Posted on 09/11/2007 5:09:04 PM PDT by ruination
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To: editor-surveyor
Ouch. I give you a three pointer on that one.
Everyone has their own view on this topic. You and I agree, but it’s a tough issue to nail down. Both sides seem to have to good points, but the free traders have been sold a bill of goods, and they’re out to convert the world.
Not this guys... I’m just not buying it.
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posted on
09/11/2007 9:55:20 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
You need to compare alternatives. One alternative is to unload/load at the border. The other alternative is not to unload/load. I am no expert in the transportation industry but those are the alternatives as I understand. I do not think it is a requirement to unload/load all trucks at the border if this agreement goes forward.
To: businessprofessor
"NAFTA is a very complex agreement" That's why the Exec wants Fast Track Authority...no debate.
403
posted on
09/11/2007 9:56:59 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Countries with more freedom have higher standards of living.
404
posted on
09/11/2007 9:57:50 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Ignorance of the laws of economics is no excuse.)
To: businessprofessor
405
posted on
09/11/2007 9:58:10 PM PDT
by
scarface367
(The problem is we have yet to find a cure for stupid)
To: endthematrix
I appreciate your view on who drives the trucks. That’s okay. I agree with wanting saftety issues to be a priority.
406
posted on
09/11/2007 9:58:16 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: Netizen
Thanks. Have a good one...
407
posted on
09/11/2007 9:59:06 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: Toddsterpatriot
Your definition of freedom disqualifies you from this discussion.
408
posted on
09/11/2007 9:59:46 PM PDT
by
jedward
(I'm not sure you meant, what I understand...or maybe you did.)
To: jedward
“China gaining the top spot in Foreign Trade Dominance accounced a few weeks ago comes to mind...thanks of course to our wonderful trade policies.”
Slave labor, and a currency deliberately kept artificially low helped China immensely. Our trade policies are suicidal.
409
posted on
09/11/2007 10:00:09 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: dragnet2
For Pete sake, their entire country has no respect for our laws, our borders or our sovereignty. Quite right. Understatement is my style.
410
posted on
09/11/2007 10:00:42 PM PDT
by
ArmyTeach
(9/11: Never forget, never forgive, never again ...)
To: dragnet2; jedward; All
“For Pete sake, they’re entire country has no respect for our laws, our borders or our sovereignty.
To those that haven’t figured it out, Mexico laughs in our faces, breaks our laws, and then makes demands on us.”
And Calderon just gave the USA the middle finger!
411
posted on
09/11/2007 10:01:37 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
To: ruination
I wonder what happened to the suggestion that all drivers of trucks from Mexico or ANYWHERE - be able to read and speak ENGLISH..and pass the tests for an American Commercial Truck driving license in ENGLISH?
412
posted on
09/11/2007 10:02:53 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
“Our trade policies are suicidal.”
That they are. Remember the best argument laid out on another thread by someone...’we’re already screwed, so we might as well just keep going this direction’? If that’s not a defeatist attitude, please someone show me one.
413
posted on
09/11/2007 10:02:54 PM PDT
by
jedward
(I'm not sure you meant, what I understand...or maybe you did.)
To: businessprofessor
Like the taxi cab industry in the U.S., it's almost exclusively now run by Muslims/Mid-Easterners....Heck, most of our major airports are completely encircled by potential car bombs...I mean taxi cabs driven by Mid-Eastern Muslims. Ya see, this is all part of our crack Homeland Security.
So we might as well give up our entire trucking industry to Mexico. Because that is exactly what will eventually occur.
To: jedward
Look you seem to think you’re some kind of economics trade wizzard or something. That’s okay. What baffles me is why you think business concerns are going to pay truckers $18 to $24 dollars an hour to go into Mexico to pick up goods and deliver them back into the U.S., when they could pay a Mexican driver to do it for $5 to $10 an hour.
Wasn’t the idea here to cut costs to the bone for the benefit of all mankind? Please explain why you think folks are going to opt to pay higher wages.
I mean if this makes sense, there’s no need to have Mexican drivers do anything.
415
posted on
09/11/2007 10:06:21 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
To: businessprofessor
Among other responsibilities, I am involved in shipping and receiving goods between 56 countries. Trust me on this one. When goods arrive into the USA, the are always consolidated into routes which service unique areas. This means that goods are off loaded at terminals and reloaded onto other trucks destined for particular destinations, just like tankers are off loaded at ports of entry. The “efficiency” argument is BS.
416
posted on
09/11/2007 10:07:29 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Elections have consequences.)
To: jedward
Your definition of freedom disqualifies you from this discussion. Really? What's my definition of freedom?
417
posted on
09/11/2007 10:08:01 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Ignorance of the laws of economics is no excuse.)
To: DoughtyOne
I’m baffled myself. I have no idea what you are talking about.
418
posted on
09/11/2007 10:09:39 PM PDT
by
jedward
(I'm not sure you meant, what I understand...or maybe you did.)
To: jedward
The post obviously wasn’t meant for you.
419
posted on
09/11/2007 10:10:48 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
To: jedward
” If thats not a defeatist attitude, please someone show me one.”
Too many Americans are getting soft!
420
posted on
09/11/2007 10:11:26 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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