Latest:Cross-Border Trucking Program

Well cheaper labor will win... Unless a miracle happens..

 

It is amazing.

Bush is still pushing for this and his own party is not supporting the program.

I wonder why he is so set on this.

 

Opinion piece from San Antonio News Express

http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/27832569.html


Congress appears ready to pour legislative concrete around its misguided 15-year obstruction of cross-border trucking between Mexico and the United States.

The Express-News reported on Sunday that a bill is pending to end the successful cross-border trucking pilot program, which recently was extended by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for another two years.

Teamsters and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association are the main forces by the obstructionist effort to do away with a key provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
If the obstructionists are successful, they will take away San Antonio's opportunity to be a key center for warehousing and distribution of cross-border trade goods.

And even more damaging to American consumers, costs savings from a less expensive, faster shipping method of letting Mexican trucks brings goods across the border without unloading them will be eliminated.
And Mexico will have legitimate reason to retaliate under the terms of NAFTA, the Express-News noted.

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official told the newspaper that more than 1,300 deliveries have been made in the U.S. during the pilot program without an accident.
The Mexican trucks are required to meet the same safety standards as U.S. trucks, and Mexican drivers must get insurance from firms licensed in the United States.

Since the safety complaints don't hold water, foes have turned to arguments that Mexican truckers have an economic advantage.
Congress shouldn't be persuaded by those arguments.
The United States entered into an agreement with Mexico that this nation should honor.

Additionally, honoring that agreement will benefit consumers and the nation's economy in the long run.

 

I think its because he is a traitor to the American people and the American truck driver.
People can say its because of this because of that but in the end, Bush is a TRAITOR, its as simple as that.

 

So, your answer to the problem is government protection of the trucking industry?

To heck with the American consumer who would see lower prices, doesn't sound very American to me.

 

mc cain the same, as he tells people, those jobs arent' coming back my friends, and if he has his way a lot more jobs will leave since he favors free trade with the world, even africa!! course obama will be no better. he actually bumped heads with mc cain trying to get to la raza to let them know they're both pro immigration with a path to citizenship for whoever. both parties don't give a hoot for the american worker.

 

The only thing that has gotten cheaper and easier to get from NAFTA....dope.

 

I'd have a more favorable opinion towards the Mexicans if the Mexican government didn't encourage its citizens to break our laws. I'd also have a more favorable opinion towards the Mexican gov't if it didn't scream bloody murder every time we punish one of their "undocumented guests" who commits a crime.

But until that day comes, keep the Mexican truckers off of our roads. When Mexico cleans up its act and starts treating our country with respect, then maybe I would be more agreeable to some changes.

 

I'm hearing more and more people like you (non truck drivers) express their concern over this issue.

I ran into an old friend last night. Last person on earth I expected to even have an opinion on it...and he whinned to me for a solid hour. Like I could do something about it LOL

Truthfully, we as truckers can do little about it. Until the public weighs in, we're just along for the ride.

Ball back in your court.