Truckers Strike ForumWe all hear of a trucker strike. Let's put all the trucker strike threads in here, please so they will more organized. What do YOU think of a trucker strike due to outrageous fuel prices? The April 1st strike fizzled as expected. $5/gal. or more MAY make truckers stand together...if even then.
With all due respect Sir! Do you personally know any folks on a FIXED income? Your inner circle may only consist of wealthy elitist but the majority of Americans are now hurting because of the policy of the rich get richer on the backs of the poor! Well the poor are getting poorer and this type of mentality will stop! Does the fact that elderly folks going hungry here in the U.S.A. bother you in the least?
What am I supposed to do, work for free to make the "poor" rich? Naw I don't think so, they need to figure out how to make more money to surive, or make their current money last by pinching pennies. We as businessmen need to FOCUS on OURSELVES first that we make money before we start worrying about other people. Make money first as a businessman and then ONCE you can make a good profit then give back to america...
Maybe the poor people should go back to school, get a better job, heck get a second job, make the house wife/husband go back to work, sell their big SUV in for a better gas mileage car, etc. etc. etc. etc.
I can go on and on, but it is not MY problem to why the lower income people are going broke. I don't care what year it is, the poor is ALWAYS strugling!
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No it has not come to a standstill..... Rates are rising.
i dunno about that...ive dispatched for 5yrs and own my business for 3 yrs now and coast to coast freight is not where it was 4yrs ago and im pretty sure im not the only one that thinks so, as far as i remember we used to deadhead trucks to CA to move their produce at 2-3.00a mile when deisel used to be 1.80/gallon....now the rates are same however diesel trippled since then.
Ok well...it sure seems the government money spent on education teaching students how to use punctuation helped much either.
But you bring up government spin? Im sorry if facts are considered spin in your world. But heres the scoop. IF we have 100 loads and 100 trucks, we are all fine and dandy. But if the cost of fuel (which some think is high) causes some people to go out of business...that means there are still going to be 100 loads...but maybe 70 trucks...a shortage. Well since the shippers need (and always will) their products to be moved, they will pay HIGHER premiums and rates to get the freight moved. Hence, the remaining O/Os and trucking companies will make more.
How is the industry in trouble? Its by far not in trouble at all. The economy is slowing down because of the home foreclosure thing...which is blamed on people buying homes they cant afford. IT wont be a permanent thing...the economy over its entire (and I mean ENTIRE) span has grown time after time after time. CFI-Conway and others just announced last week that they are going to be making less money. GREAT! Great time to buy CFI-Conway stock! Buy it low because they will catch up and grow over time as the economy rebounds.
Don't blame the high fuel prices when countries around the world are paying twice as much as we are for a gallon of fuel.
See there is your problem, you are more worried about a period in a sentence than the issues that are destroying this Country. You go ahead and take care of the punctuation problems and leave the real problems to people that care and are willing to correct them, that way both problems will be corrected by the people best able to deal with them.
See there is your problem, you are more worried about a period in a sentence than the issues that are destroying this Country. You go ahead and take care of the punctuation problems and leave the real problems to people that care and are willing to correct them, that way both problems will be corrected by the people best able to deal with them.
Ouch.. Having said that, grammarianism is considered a refuge of those with no point to make in the discussion. ( netiquette 101)
Take the time to ferret out what you thought the person was saying and reply to that, subsequent answers will prove or disprove your surmise of what they were saying originally.
Your points here are well made, but.......... in the long run, distractions nothing more
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What am I supposed to do, work for free to make the "poor" rich? Naw I don't think so, they need to figure out how to make more money to surive, or make their current money last by pinching pennies. We as businessmen need to FOCUS on OURSELVES first that we make money before we start worrying about other people. Make money first as a businessman and then ONCE you can make a good profit then give back to america...
Maybe the poor people should go back to school, get a better job, heck get a second job, make the house wife/husband go back to work, sell their big SUV in for a better gas mileage car, etc. etc. etc. etc.
I can go on and on, but it is not MY problem to why the lower income people are going broke. I don't care what year it is, the poor is ALWAYS strugling!
By your own statement you stand guilty! You and those like you are the root problem with the sad state of this nation. You have raped and pillaged this country for profit not giving one thought of the consequences of your actions. The only thing that matters is the bottom line. Who cares if YOU use up OUR forest for YOUR profit? Who cares if You pollute OUR rivers and streams for YOUR greed? Who cares if YOU blow the entire tops off OUR mountains so you can buy you and yours a new BMW every year for Christmas and at the same time reap government subsidies and kickbacks. Well, I care and theres starting to be plenty more like me! So now that your fixin to be done stripping OUR nation of all its splendor, MOVE ALONG!!!!!!!!! Do not stay long enough to wear out your welcome, because I believe you already have !
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__________________ No NAFTA/NASCO Super corridor through the middle of our nation! America better wake the hell up before it's too late!!! Get educated on the North American Union and the New World Order for our children's sake.
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By your own statement you stand guilty! You and those like you are the root problem with the sad state of this nation. You have raped and pillaged this country for profit not giving one thought of the consequences of your actions. The only thing that matters is the bottom line. Who cares if YOU use up OUR forest for YOUR profit? Who cares if You pollute OUR rivers and streams for YOUR greed? Who cares if YOU blow the entire tops off OUR mountains so you can buy you and yours a new BMW every year for Christmas and at the same time reap government subsidies and kickbacks. Well, I care and theres starting to be plenty more like me! So now that your fixin to be done stripping OUR nation of all its splendor, MOVE ALONG!!!!!!!!! Do not stay long enough to wear out your welcome, because I believe you already have !
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He's not talking about greed here, master, he's talking about personal responsibility. Each person on this world has the responsibility to make for themselves a better life. If they choose not to do what needs to be done, they can be left by the roadside to chew on their own inaction. We, as a society, should not be coerced into feeling guilty about it.
Your holier than thou attitude is what is destroying this country faster than the "greedy" you rail against. And to tell someone he isn't welcome here is the height of conceit on your part. Perhaps you should take a good, hard look in a mirror and then look up the sin of pride.
He's not talking about greed here, master, he's talking about personal responsibility. Each person on this world has the responsibility to make for themselves a better life. If they choose not to do what needs to be done, they can be left by the roadside to chew on their own inaction. We, as a society, should not be coerced into feeling guilty about it.
Your holier than thou attitude is what is destroying this country faster than the "greedy" you rail against. And to tell someone he isn't welcome here is the height of conceit on your part. Perhaps you should take a good, hard look in a mirror and then look up the sin of pride.
Thank you!
That is exactly what I am talking about, I dont' make millions of dollars a year raping people. All i am tryign to say is everyone does have their own responsibilty to make a decent living and it can be done. I am also saying we have the responsibilty to run a profitable business, unlike many people here who quickly overlook the real problem here.
DON"T HAUL CHEAP FREIGHT NO MATTER WHAT EVEN IF IT IS A BACKHAUL!!!!!!
By your own statement you stand guilty! You and those like you are the root problem with the sad state of this nation. You have raped and pillaged this country for profit not giving one thought of the consequences of your actions. The only thing that matters is the bottom line. Who cares if YOU use up OUR forest for YOUR profit? Who cares if You pollute OUR rivers and streams for YOUR greed? Who cares if YOU blow the entire tops off OUR mountains so you can buy you and yours a new BMW every year for Christmas and at the same time reap government subsidies and kickbacks. Well, I care and theres starting to be plenty more like me! So now that your fixin to be done stripping OUR nation of all its splendor, MOVE ALONG!!!!!!!!! Do not stay long enough to wear out your welcome, because I believe you already have !
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People who do not view unconstrained acquisitiveness as a vice will generally use a word other than greed, which has strong negative connotations. Greed denotes desire to acquire wealth or possessions beyond the needs of the individual, especially when this accumulation of possession denies others legitimate needs or access to those or other resources. For example, amassing a large collection of [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. would not be considered greed, unless in doing so, the needs of others were jeopardized. Essential to the concept of greed is the awareness that the needs of others are denied, thus [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. goods exemplify greed while non-rivalrous goods may not. Greed also often involves using wealth to gain power over others, sometimes by denying wealth or power.
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Ok just for my own clarifiation here, how did this go from one refusing cheap loads and refusing to run a business that does not profit, to a diatribe about greed?
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