Posted on 05/03/2007 7:49:12 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
What is Mexico waitng on,.....mordidas?
Remember when the clinton administration was selling the NAFTA bill of goods? They said if NAFTA passed it would solve the illegal immigration problem as they would all have jobs in their own country. Worked really well, didn’t it?
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Roadblocks for Mexican trucks in U.S. (Duncan Hunter - NAFTA Trucking Safety Act)
Waiting is good sometimes.
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
“Balancing” trade? What’s that supposed to mean? Wouldn’t you rather increase it?
I wonder what the ratio is in actual trucks. I suspect the American companies have a lot more trucks per company.
This effort could result in some significant savings. It is kind of pointless to have to ship goods to the border only to have them reloaded on a different truck that can operate in the other country.
I would however place some minimal language requirements on the commercial drivers. I spent two weeks in rural parts of Mexico last month, and even though I only know a handful of words in Spanish, I usually didn't have a lot of problems communicating basic things. However, if I needed to stop for directions I'd have been in serious trouble if it weren't for the other people on the trip that spoke more Spanish.
On an interesting side note, did you know that apparently due to some agricultural regulations your vehicle can be refused reentry into the United States if it has too much mud caked on it? US Customs actually made us drive back across the Rio Grande into Mexico to get our truck washed before they would allow us into the United States. They did also make us take some of the things out of the back and let them search through them. To be hones, the truck was really did have a pretty thick layer of mud on the sides.
I was on jury duty the week of 12/11/06 and one of my fellow jurors told me that her nephew was killed a year earlier by two illegals DRIVING their truck with FAULTY BRAKES to the BRAKE SHOP to be repaired when surprise, surprise — the BRAKES FAILED AND THEY KILLED HER NEPHEW. I guess these MORONS thought they were back in Mexico where in addition to driving DRUNK — they and their idiot friends do crap like that all the time. Can you say “Tijuana Taxi?” Can you say “TOW TRUCK?”
The driver got 4 years in prison and will be deported when he gets out.
Gotta wonder how long it will take him to sneak back in and kill someone else?
The stats indicate they are killing 12 American citizens each week, either with cars or via other criminal activity.
I cant wait until the interstates start filling up with Mexican truckers on tight deadlines and I do mean DEADlines hurtling at carloads of unsuspecting native-born American citizens all 387 of us.
Do you suppose this crap might stop if one of Bushs daughters became a victim?
Of course, unlike the rest of us, they are driven to their endless round of parties by an armed SS detail, which eliminates the risk that they will be tempted to drive drunk themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_zCpQZ-H94
From Neidermeyer, yesterday:
I delivered to Laredo once ,, left my trailer at a locked yard, I wouldnt dare take a truck into Nuevo Laredo ... let me count the reasons why..
1.) drug lords own the police
2.) can you really trust federales that drive as their police car a car stolen in the US?
3.) even 1 pistol cartridge can get you thrown in jail forever
4.) their jails arent pretty
5.) you will need a wad of cash for bribes
6.) the bad guys will know that and go after you for the cash...
7.) just the value of your fuel will get you killed much less 18 tires at $275 each
8.) roads arent marked
9.) maps are incorrect
10.) you could end up waiting days or weeks to get your load unloaded ,, all the while you stay awake 24/7 guarding your load and truck...
11.) if robbed the police will not help
12.) if your truck is sabotaged you have no choice but to walk away (fly home) your insurance wont pay squat because you were stupid enough to go there..
Taking even one load into Mexico (at best) means bankruptcy if you run your own truck.. this is a 1 way street... another terrible decision based on global dreams..
It's a BS ploy by a select few in government in the US and Mexico.
I wonder how many of the Mexican trucks are owned by American trucking companies.
I'm SURE they will not become an instant medium to transport invader aliens or drugs.
Nope, nuthin' but good ole Wal Mart crap from China in those containers.
(Of course if they 'only' carry legimate cargoes of Chinese wares directly from Mexican ports to our Wal Marts, the only people destroyed will be American blue collar longshoreman and truckers, so no big deal, right Jorge Bush?)
When NAFTA was being pushed by the first Bush administration the owner of the shop I worked for warned us that the doors would close if it passed. He was right, the company was gone less than a year after passage.
I talked to that former boss about a year back. He said they debated moving operations to mexico but the savings for a small company just wasn’t enough to keep them competitive.
It increased trade, didn't it?
If we had a wall on the border, that would have solved the illegal immigration problem.
“Since the Mexican trucks will enjoy ‘priviledged’ status they will not be inspected for contents.
I’m SURE they will not become an instant medium to transport invader aliens or drugs. “
God, this makes me sick.
Where did you read that?
Even the Mexicans are bitching about NAFTA, they realize it was a big failure.
Nothing is going to solve the illegal immigration problem until we elect a REAL AMERICAN president who wants to solve it. We haven't had one of them in many years.
Only a protectionist could think trade was a lose-lose proposition.
There are protectionists all over that think they can live off other people's import tax hikes --they're crazy. The protectionists in Latin America cry about all the high paying jobs that NAFTA's supposed to be sending to the US, even while we're hearing this "giant sucking sound" sending them down south.
What's got me baffled is how they explain the fact that both north and south have got higher incomes and employment rates.
They're protectionists, they don't have to explain facts. Not to mention they can't recognize them either.
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