Author: ~Tony~~Tony~
Date: Mar 11, 2008 09:27
richard wrote in
news:862dt3hqmcki1q3vj7a4eiljkr6o7kav0v@4ax.com:
> Watching a bit of c-span this morning is interesting as John Hill, an
> administrator with FMCSA is talking about NAFTA.
>
> So what's all the fuss about when he says only a mere 62 mexican
> trucks are coming across the border?
>
> The last caller made an interesting comment. He said he had personally
> inspected many of these mexican trucks and found them to be up to
> specs as American trucks are. Mr. Hill had noted that many of those
> trucks being used are fairly new and were built in the USA. So what's
> the problem?
THe problem is that there are union workers who will be affected, mainly at
border and port locations, who will find themselves losing some of those
protected jobs at those locations, when they are no longer needed to handle
freight that crosses borders.
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