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Mexican Trucks Are On Our Roads (Taxpayers Pay to Help Them Run)
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| 11.9.11
| Phyllis Schalfly
Posted on 11/11/2011 8:31:03 PM PST by This Just In
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"U.S. taxpayers are also being required to pick up the cost of replacing old mufflers on dozens of Mexican trucks at a cost of $1,600 each, while U.S. truckers must buy their own mufflers. The excuse is that this will improve air quality on our highways."
To: This Just In
Idiocy. Why do taxpayers have to buy them new mufflers? That makes no sense whatsoever.
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:36:24 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: GeronL
If you haven’t, read the rest of the article. Unlike our truckers, Mexican drivers don’t have to stop at the border and have the trucks inspected.
To: This Just In
“Transportes’ trucks will not have to be inspected at the border every time they cross.”
Methinks the cartels will visit these guys with an offer they can’t refuse.
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:39:59 PM PST
by
varyouga
To: varyouga
Yes, and they’ll be armed with our guns.
To: This Just In
Even though Obama is a big advocate of clean air and green jobs, there is no mention in the agreement that Mexican trucks should adhere to the environmental standards imposed on American trucks. Juan Carlos Muñoz, president of Mexico's National Chamber of Motor Transport of Freight, said that Mexican companies "do not have sufficient capacity to supply the diesel suitable for these new technologies," and that, if held to these requirements, Mexican truckers would be unable to "ever enter the United States, at least not for the next 20 years.
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:41:47 PM PST
by
dennisw
(I heard the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-- Sting)
To: dennisw
Affirmative action president ... nuff said.
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:45:36 PM PST
by
doc1019
(If Romney is our choice, I refuse to vote.)
To: This Just In
wow. They are likely carrying thousands of illegals, drugs and guns into the country.
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:45:41 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: This Just In
Of course they don’t have to stop, the purpose is to deliver drugs for the American drug cartel.
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:48:09 PM PST
by
runninglips
(Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics. ProgressiveRepublicansInConservativeCostume)
To: doc1019
EPA tyranny for American truckers while Mexican trucks don’t have to comply with those standards rammed down the throats of American truckers. Where is that loudmouth J Hoffa and his Teamsters?
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:50:07 PM PST
by
dennisw
(I heard the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-- Sting)
To: GeronL
And/or terrorists and bombs.
To: dennisw
We all know that the labor unions are nothing more than just another political entity of the Left. No public outcry by the teamsters are of no surprise to me.
To: This Just In
The Teamsters were very public with their complaints when this very same crap was pushed during the George Bush Administration. GW backed off. The Kenyan Muslim plunged forward
If the drug cartels ever had trouble bringing in drugs. Now they don’t. America is degenerating right in front of my eyes
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posted on
11/11/2011 8:59:18 PM PST
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dennisw
(I heard the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-- Sting)
To: dennisw
I bet a mexican driver’s logbook (if they bother) would be comical at best and a total lie normally.
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:00:48 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: dennisw
The Teamsters were very public with their complaints when this very same crap was pushed during the George Bush Administration. GW backed off. Wrong, Dennis. Those Mexican trucks were plying our interior roads for two years. None of the Teamster-predicted carnage ensued, either.
As an aside, I wish Schlafly would back up at least some of her claims. I was looking over the regs on the FMCSA website, and some of the crap in this press release (it's not an "article") is simply false.
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:14:31 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: This Just In
The Teamsters are arguing that it's far better to have Teamsters unload the illegals, drugs, guns, terrorists, and bombs under the current system. You just haven't been following the story.
I'd like to see a conservative elaborate on that argument, instead of the knee-jerk reactions I'm seeing here.
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:18:29 PM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: This Just In
Once again Bozo proves that he thinks(legal or illegal) aliens have more rights than American citizens.
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:23:41 PM PST
by
calex59
To: This Just In
The trucks rolling in from Mexico would never pass a DOT inspection. Some of the drivers are teenagers.
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:28:36 PM PST
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: 1rudeboy
“I was looking over the regs on the FMCSA website, and some of the crap in this press release (it’s not an “article”) is simply false.”
How do you know these were false?
To: 1rudeboy
It’s a much bigger expansion of the program into the interior United States. But thanks anyway for being consistent with your outdated free trade ideology. You’ve never seen a “free trade” sellout of America you didn’t like
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posted on
11/11/2011 9:35:41 PM PST
by
dennisw
(I heard the old man laughing. What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having-- Sting)
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