Mexican Trucks! Just More Globalism!

There are more Americans working today then at any time in our history. Our population in 1980 was 226 million, 248 million in 1990, and around 305 million today. Our per capita GPD in 2000 was around $32,000, today it is $46,000.

You can't blame government policies for the choices made by U.S. consumers. Nothing would get imported if we did not buy it.

Cheaper, or more expensive costs don't really matter if you are going to spend more than you earn. Americans bought too much stuff, bought houses they didn't deserve to be in and used to credit to do it.

So higher prices is better?

People keep referring to "large Corporations" like they are a big evil being. Corporations, large or small are made up of taxpayers. Shareholders in "large corporations" are American citizens who have chosen to invest their excess capital in a business, that is not evil. Wal Mart, the largest of the large, is responsible for saving the U.S. consumer in excess of $20 billion per year.

 

Mooney-not picking on you,but you sound like a politician!! As to Americans owning homes they do not deserve---that is a little harsh,,, America's housing industry is based on credit to purchase the homes,and most homebuyers did have to qualify to obtain financing. Yes, our lending institutions got sloppy in their guidelines, i don't disagree with you there. Illegal aliens got loans in my area with "metricular consular" identification cards,refinanced after 1 year(70k-125k gain) and ran back to Mexico,adding another foreclosure to the neighborhood. These were only a small handfull of the foreclosures,but added to the rest of the foreclosures-it impacted values. Your statement on imports is correct in the sense of-if we don't buy it,then they don't export it here. Here lies the problem, the US has labor standards and regulations that protect the worker from unsafe,unfair conditions--these countries are not held up to the same standards in some instances(clothing for example). How can the US clothing manufacturers compete? Usually by outsourcing productions to countries where labor is cheaper,as many have done. You also mention that people attack large corporations as evil,,no,people attack the large companies because they hurt small business. Now, getting back to the trucking aspect-kinda where we belong-even though you are not a driver----Did you know that the Mexican trucks will not be held to our emissions standards here in California,while I must retrofit my 2005 by 2011,and retire my driver's 2002 by 2013? This is what we mean by a level playing field,right now it is not. Mexico was 20 years behind the US regarding unleaded gasoline in their cars, and their trucks are not mandated by the EPA to meet US standards. Although the Mexican trucking firms, did in fact buy some new trucks to engage in the cross-border demostation project,no provision was made requiring ALL mexican trucks to meet ULSD emission standards as ours do. In California, the trucks in your fleet must pass an opacity test to operate,mexican trucks do not. As to the new CARB regs, I have yet to see any requirements imposed on mexican carriers, yet all US carriers will have to comply to travel in California. This is where policymakers are to blame,,they'll tout the potential savings to american consumers-but they ALWAYS ignore critical details such as this.

 

I think the facts back me up.

People lying on a mortgage app they did not read is fraud.

That doesn't explain sky-rocketing foreclosure rates in states like Michigan, which has a small immigrant population as a percentage of the total population

So your answer is to impose U.S. standards on other countries? I'm guessing many of the folks who make our Nikes in China prefer that work,which actually pays a wage, low as it may be, to slogging around the rice paddy.
Again, a U.S. company is not in business to employ U.S. workers and pay them what that worker deems a fair wage. The business tries to get their product to market for the lowest possible price.
If you disagree with their methods, do not buy their product.

What makes a small business more important than a large one? If they can't compete with a competitor, no matter the size, they shouldn't exist.

Is this the fault of the Mexican truckers? no. Do U.S. trucks that run south east regional routes have to comply with CARB? no. Holding ALL Mexican trucks to the standards of California, even if they don't run there, is just a ploy.
And finally, most of the participants in the Cross border program are running equipment no different than U.S. truckers. The trucks that shuttle back and forth across the border are the real pollution culprits.

Can't blame the truckers for that.

 

All of this just boils down to money, the companies want to make enough to satisfy shareholders,people want to get the best prices they can so that sends manufacturing off to where they dont have as many regs, taxes.

 

Mooney,it has been a pleasure debating you,,,are you following the AIG hearings,,,caught some of it while eating bfast,,,,backpedalling,sidestepping the issues,just gotta love those large corporations defending their actions and the politicitians claiming they had no idea what was happening,,,yet the Libs mandated the sub-prime loans be available to borrowers back when they de-regulated the mortgage industry. When AIG was asked if they would have given millions in bonuses had they NOT recieved bailout funding,their answer was NO. Yes i know,this post belongs elsewhere on this forum.

 

DY do a little research on George Soros ,see who he endorses,and what he did to the british stock market in 1992, we are in the same position right now.I read somewhere putin is pushing for a global currancy,think about that.