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U.S. Pays To Upgrade Mexican Trucks
Corruption Chronicles (Judicial Watch) ^

Posted on 04/12/2011 5:29:40 PM PDT by freejohn

In the latest effort to accommodate its cherished trade partner in the south, the U.S. government is paying to upgrade outdated Mexican trucks that hemorrhage illegal amounts of exhaust on their trips north to deliver merchandise.

(Excerpt) Read more at judicialwatch.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bushlegacy; freetrade; nafta
I didn't take my own advice to use Google to search this forum.

I used the forums search tool and didn't see this posted .. yet!?

1 posted on 04/12/2011 5:29:42 PM PDT by freejohn
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To: freejohn

Apparently “free” trade has a bum leg and needs a crutch.


2 posted on 04/12/2011 5:33:15 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: freejohn

Must.....control.....anger.....and.....rage. See my tagline below.


3 posted on 04/12/2011 5:34:04 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
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To: freejohn

Guess our tax dollars will go for fixing the brakes on Mexican trucks, which may save a few of us when they come through town. And AC in the back will keep the illegals comfy as they head through Texas in the summer, bound for a city near you.


4 posted on 04/12/2011 5:35:02 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: freejohn

Does anyone know what the source was for the report?


5 posted on 04/12/2011 5:38:06 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: ColdSteelTalon

I will admit that I don’t know the source of the information but .. I believe that Judicial Watch does it’s best to verify what it puts it’s name on.


6 posted on 04/12/2011 5:42:13 PM PDT by freejohn
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To: freejohn

We need to rid ourselves of the traitous scum in DC. how do the truckers of the US feel about this arrogant despicable move?


7 posted on 04/12/2011 5:43:09 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: ColdSteelTalon

The motto of Judicial Watch is “Because no one is above the law”.

To this end, Judicial Watch uses the open records or freedom of information laws and other tools to investigate and uncover misconduct by government officials and litigation to hold to account politicians and public officials who engage in corrupt activities.


8 posted on 04/12/2011 5:44:11 PM PDT by freejohn
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To: freejohn
Obama- the great equalizer

This way they can replace American trucker jobs and run the small independents ,who pay to maintain their own trucks, out of business.

Obama has pushed auto jobs and oil jobs to Mexico. Anyway to knock America down and equalize us in the world.

9 posted on 04/12/2011 5:48:52 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: ColdSteelTalon
Follow the Judicial Watch link where you will find an imbedded link in the 3rd paragraph that leads to azcentral article.

Keep in mind that they are talking about the shuttle trucks that shuttle goods back and forth across the border, not OTR trucks.

Also keep in mind that are no US shuttle trucks, only Mexican junker shuttle trucks. The whole point of using the junker mexican trucks is to keep the cost down.

10 posted on 04/12/2011 5:49:07 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: freejohn; All
"U.S. Pays To Upgrade Mexican Trucks"


11 posted on 04/12/2011 5:52:15 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: freejohn

More and more, I believe we don’t deserve the country our ancestors left for us.


12 posted on 04/12/2011 5:59:11 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: freejohn

What about taxes and insurance? Those are the real costs of operating a truck in the US.


13 posted on 04/12/2011 5:59:17 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: freejohn

btt


14 posted on 04/12/2011 6:01:00 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: freejohn

I used the forums search tool and didn’t see this posted .. yet!?


It had some activity from the following postings but it’s a worthwhile topic for discussion that needs exposure:

Yesterday: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2703125/posts

This morning: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2703472/posts


15 posted on 04/12/2011 6:02:14 PM PDT by deport
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To: freejohn

There is one other huge problem with this truck agreement. It was supposed to be reciprocol and allow US trucks to deliver loads in Mexico, but Mexico has become too dangerous for US trucks to travel safely there, so very few do.


16 posted on 04/12/2011 6:06:08 PM PDT by umgud
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To: deport

Thank You.

I have found that Google does a better job of finding the posts here.

Unfortunately, I didn’t use it this time.


17 posted on 04/12/2011 6:06:18 PM PDT by freejohn
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To: freejohn

Using a key word or two from the title does pretty well also but I agree the search function isn’t always reliable. Mexican gets the following:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=mexican


18 posted on 04/12/2011 6:11:58 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport
Here is what you get when you do a Google search using the key words mexican trucks +freerepublic!

A much better result.

Freerepublic

19 posted on 04/12/2011 6:25:11 PM PDT by freejohn
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