Senate votes to ban Mexican trucks

AP via Yahoo! News ^ | Sep. 11, 2007 | Suzanne Gamboa

[Let's Roll]

If Mexican trucks don’t have to meet safety standards, why should American trucks?

Just one more way to keep the cost of doing business way up there for American companies.

[TigersEye]

The playing field is never level for anyone, anywhere. Does that negate the benefits of competition?

Only an idiot purposely puts obstacles in his own path.

[endthematrix]

I never equated nationalism, i.e The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals, with NAZISM. You did. Nice straw man.

[Not just another dumb blonde]

Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living? Why do people always think that all truck drivers are union? I don’t know any union drivers. My husband is an o/o. He has a excellent track record as a professional driver, he also trains other drivers. So he is constantly improving himself in his profession. How more innovative can he be? Being he is his own boss. How do you compete with someone who will work for pennies on the dollar? Because in Mexico things are alot cheaper to buy. But we shop in the USA. I suppose you think Mattel did the right thing by outsourcing to China, right? Even though now that they found high concentrations of LEAD in childrens toys it will hurt them in the long run. But by God their toys are affordable. Do you see my point? When is it time to say “enough is enough”?

[jedward]

“It’s all about race”

Based on your posts, I’d say in your mind it is, and you’ve tried to inject it into the thread as well. Try landing somewhere within 5 miles of the topic of NAFTA and you could be taken halfway serious. All I see from your posts is racism and liberal apologies.

[Smokin' Joe]

There are a lot of independants and owner/operators who are not teamsters’ union members who can expect to get hurt by an infiltration of foreign carriers. That is small business, plain and simple, not “union thugs”.

[jedward]

That’s how they do it endthematrix...they strip away national pride and promote cultural diversity. I distinctly remember the race-card thrown out as a tool for those trying to push Amnesty through. Nuff said...

[BykrBayb]

We know the greedy out there like your low wage peasant salary with no benefits. But how does this help the American driver?

It doesn't. But there is an attitude of "screw the truck drivers, restaurant workers, farm workers, Americans, Mexicans, Chinese, and anyone else who gets in the way of MY profits."

[Smokin' Joe]

LOL! I have never seen a truck up here in the winter with Florida plates!

[BykrBayb]

Unions comprise a very small minority of those being taken advantage of.

[Grams A]

Anybody notice that the Brazilian govt banned all imports of Mattel toys? Not ours - at least Disney has stepped up to the plate - but then Christmas is coming.

[OKIEDOC]

amen, kEEP THEM mEXICAN TRUCKERS OFF OUR ALREADY DANGROUS HIGHWEAYS.

[OKIEDOC]

amen, kEEP THEM mEXICAN TRUCKERS OFF OUR ALREADY DANGROUS HIGHWEAYS.

[GeronL]

should we let the rest of the world vote in our elections too??

[BykrBayb]

Anything less would be discrimination.

[jedward]

Mornin’ (grumble grumble) ;)

[BykrBayb]

Play nice!

[jedward]

Just a good thread that doesn’t need to get locked. ‘Nice’ hat firmly in place :)

[BykrBayb]

I've got my hat firmly in place too.

Just in case.

[GeronL]

this is not about economics, we can have free trade with Mexico without granting them full access to our roads, ever heard of PEMEX? Mexico doesn’t do free trade anyway