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**Frenchy** · 09-11-2007, 03:42 PM

Regulation, Free Trade and Mexican Trucks

Another NAFTA nail is about to be hammered into the coffin Washington is building for the US economy. Within the next few days our borders will be opened to the Mexican trucking industry in an unprecedented way. A "pilot" program is starting which will allow trucks from Mexico to haul goods beyond the 25 mile buffer zone to any point in the United States . Officials claim this is being done with utmost oversight, but Americans still have their legitimate concerns. Rather than securing our borders, we seem to be providing more pores for illegal aliens, drug dealers, and terrorists to permeate.

Not only that, but the anti-competitive and burdensome yoke of over-regulation of our industry at home is about to send a lot more Americans to the unemployment lines. The American Trucking industry has been heavily regulated since 1935. The express purpose of The Motor Carrier Act was to eliminate competition through permitting, regulating tariff rates, even approving routes. American trucking companies have been fighting ever since for some relief from the substantial regulatory burdens placed on them. Regulatory compliance is the single most daunting barrier to entry, and eats up huge amounts of profit. Now, to add insult to injury, Mexican trucking companies, not subject to the same onerous standards, will be allowed to roll right in and squeeze American industry further. This will severely undermine the ability of American trucking companies to remain solvent.

The fact that this is being done in the name of free trade is disturbing. Free trade is not complicated, yet NAFTA and CAFTA are comprised of thousands of pages of complicated legal jargon. All free trade really needs is two words: Low tariffs. Free trade does not require coordination with another government to benefit citizens here. Just like domestic businesses don't pay taxes, foreign businesses do not pay tariffs – consumers do, in the form of higher prices. If foreign governments want to hurt their own citizens with protectionist tariffs, let them. But let us set a good example here, and show the world an honest example of true free trade. And let us stop hurting American workers with mountains of red tape in the name of safety. Safety standards should be set privately, by the industry and by the insurance companies who have the correct motivating factors to do so.

Free trade is not the problem, and pseudo free trade is what is being offered in the wrongly named North American Free Trade Agreement and all its offshoots. The problem is a government-managed economy and the burdensome regulation that results. For our economy to remain competitive in the world, we must remember what it is to be truly free. We must lift the regulatory shackles threatening to sink our industries into oblivion. Free trade begins with freedom domestically, and we can't afford to lose that.

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst090907.htm

**DanTheEldest** · 09-11-2007, 03:59 PM

This I agree with.

Gravel · 09-11-2007, 04:03 PM

More bull**** tactics from GWB.. Who the **** does this benefit aside from the obvious??

Dhunter55 · 09-11-2007, 04:09 PM

Our First Day of Mexican Truck Driving School

By: Abdul Gomez and Chang Hernandez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DendKIx01zc

My point is: Will we really be sure who is driving those trucks and where they come from? I say no!

**TacoMalo** · 09-11-2007, 06:09 PM

Living on a border town I see these trucks daily coming in from Mexico and they are in such bad shape that I cannot believe these people get a free ride. My father worked as a truck driver for over 30 years and he was held to the highest standards by the d.o.t. and he was forced to pay heavy fines for not having enough tread on one tire or an air leak or a little grease on an axle so it really pisses me off that these guys come in here and I have YET to see ONE single truck have everything working or not at least one problem with their truck. Just a few weeks ago I saw a truck with three of his four rear tires with the steel belts showing and fraying off the tires and the fourth tire was starting to show belts, in my entire life of growing up with trucks and helping and repairing my dad's truck and helping friends with their trucks I am disgusted by the sight of these road hazards coming over here and living a life free of any regulation or penalties, this has to stop! I guarantee when one of these trucks plows down one of our legislators family member or friend then I think it will be important to them at that time until then we're stuck dealing with this bs.

**DanTheEldest** · 09-11-2007, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TacoMalo

Living on a border town I see these trucks daily coming in from Mexico and they are in such bad shape that I cannot believe these people get a free ride. My father worked as a truck driver for over 30 years and he was held to the highest standards by the d.o.t. and he was forced to pay heavy fines for not having enough tread on one tire or an air leak or a little grease on an axle so it really pisses me off that these guys come in here and I have YET to see ONE single truck have everything working or not at least one problem with their truck. Just a few weeks ago I saw a truck with three of his four rear tires with the steel belts showing and fraying off the tires and the fourth tire was starting to show belts, in my entire life of growing up with trucks and helping and repairing my dad's truck and helping friends with their trucks I am disgusted by the sight of these road hazards coming over here and living a life free of any regulation or penalties, this has to stop! I guarantee when one of these trucks plows down one of our legislators family member or friend then I think it will be important to them at that time until then we're stuck dealing with this bs.

One can only hope the Highway Patrol will begin a ticketing campaign of such ferocity that the Mexican rigs will be forced to stop by the financial pressures of all the fines. I'm probably grasping at straws here, but hey....

Arps · 09-12-2007, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheEldest

One can only hope the Highway Patrol will begin a ticketing campaign of such ferocity that the Mexican rigs will be forced to stop by the financial pressures of all the fines. I'm probably grasping at straws here, but hey....

that would be nice!

I dont see how anything good can come from allowing their trucks in like this.

tenring · 09-12-2007, 03:51 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070912/...i9FIn5YqdZ.3QA

The senate blocked funding for the truck program

cucamelsmd15 · 09-12-2007, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravel

More bull**** tactics from GWB.. Who the **** does this benefit aside from the obvious??

But, but, its good for the economy!

[/sarcasm]

Who its really going to benefit are the millions of illegals living here who havent paid taxes, health care costs etc. They get a free ride through amnesty.

jdavionic · 09-12-2007, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheEldest

One can only hope the Highway Patrol will begin a ticketing campaign of such ferocity that the Mexican rigs will be forced to stop by the financial pressures of all the fines. I'm probably grasping at straws here, but hey....

I suspect the Mexican drivers will find that traffic tickets work well as toilet paper. What are we going to do if they fail to pay? Nodda.

09-11-2007, 03:42 PM	#1
Frenchy XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 13,094	[PV] Regulation, Free Trade and Mexican Trucks Regulation, Free Trade and Mexican Trucks Another NAFTA nail is about to be hammered into the coffin Washington is building for the US economy. Within the next few days our borders will be opened to the Mexican trucking industry in an unprecedented way. A "pilot" program is starting which will allow trucks from Mexico to haul goods beyond the 25 mile buffer zone to any point in the United States . Officials claim this is being done with utmost oversight, but Americans still have their legitimate concerns. Rather than securing our borders, we seem to be providing more pores for illegal aliens, drug dealers, and terrorists to permeate. Not only that, but the anti-competitive and burdensome yoke of over-regulation of our industry at home is about to send a lot more Americans to the unemployment lines. The American Trucking industry has been heavily regulated since 1935. The express purpose of The Motor Carrier Act was to eliminate competition through permitting, regulating tariff rates, even approving routes. American trucking companies have been fighting ever since for some relief from the substantial regulatory burdens placed on them. Regulatory compliance is the single most daunting barrier to entry, and eats up huge amounts of profit. Now, to add insult to injury, Mexican trucking companies, not subject to the same onerous standards, will be allowed to roll right in and squeeze American industry further. This will severely undermine the ability of American trucking companies to remain solvent. The fact that this is being done in the name of free trade is disturbing. Free trade is not complicated, yet NAFTA and CAFTA are comprised of thousands of pages of complicated legal jargon. All free trade really needs is two words: Low tariffs. Free trade does not require coordination with another government to benefit citizens here. Just like domestic businesses don't pay taxes, foreign businesses do not pay tariffs – consumers do, in the form of higher prices. If foreign governments want to hurt their own citizens with protectionist tariffs, let them. But let us set a good example here, and show the world an honest example of true free trade. And let us stop hurting American workers with mountains of red tape in the name of safety. Safety standards should be set privately, by the industry and by the insurance companies who have the correct motivating factors to do so. Free trade is not the problem, and pseudo free trade is what is being offered in the wrongly named North American Free Trade Agreement and all its offshoots. The problem is a government-managed economy and the burdensome regulation that results. For our economy to remain competitive in the world, we must remember what it is to be truly free. We must lift the regulatory shackles threatening to sink our industries into oblivion. Free trade begins with freedom domestically, and we can't afford to lose that. http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst090907.htm __________________ ~SC Harvey~ 2008 Election..."Imbrace your ignorance, and vote your preference". It's quite simple, really... *If you vote for Obama, you are a fuking idiot. If you vote for McCain, you are a fuking idiot.* *If your vote is for the lessor of two evils, then you can be comforted knowing that you're less of a fuking idiot than the other guy! Because Fritz says so! RON PAUL IN 2008**

09-11-2007, 03:59 PM	#2
DanTheEldest XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,348	This I agree with. __________________ To make mass murder palatable to the public, one must first strip the victims of their inherent humanity. First were the native Americans ("savages"), then the black slaves (only "partly human"), then the Jews and gypsies in Hitler's Europe ("parasites on society"), and now America's unborn (also "not fully human"). Save the Americans--end abortion now. Insights and documentation on our nation's Christian heritage: www.WallBuilders.com

09-11-2007, 04:03 PM	#3
Gravel XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bellingham Washington Posts: 2,137	More bull** tactics from GWB.. Who the ** does this benefit aside from the obvious?? __________________ Those who trade liberty for security have neither. McCain/Palin '08

09-11-2007, 04:09 PM	#4
Dhunter55 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bikini Paradise Posts: 3,694	Our First Day of Mexican Truck Driving School By: Abdul Gomez and Chang Hernandez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DendKIx01zc My point is: Will we really be sure who is driving those trucks and where they come from? I say no! __________________ Ron Paul Chuck Baldwin Bob Barr 2008 *Just say NO to McBama!* Last edited by Dhunter55; 09-11-2007 at 04:57 PM.

09-11-2007, 06:09 PM	#5
TacoMalo XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Texas Posts: 1,545	Living on a border town I see these trucks daily coming in from Mexico and they are in such bad shape that I cannot believe these people get a free ride. My father worked as a truck driver for over 30 years and he was held to the highest standards by the d.o.t. and he was forced to pay heavy fines for not having enough tread on one tire or an air leak or a little grease on an axle so it really pisses me off that these guys come in here and I have YET to see ONE single truck have everything working or not at least one problem with their truck. Just a few weeks ago I saw a truck with three of his four rear tires with the steel belts showing and fraying off the tires and the fourth tire was starting to show belts, in my entire life of growing up with trucks and helping and repairing my dad's truck and helping friends with their trucks I am disgusted by the sight of these road hazards coming over here and living a life free of any regulation or penalties, this has to stop! I guarantee when one of these trucks plows down one of our legislators family member or friend then I think it will be important to them at that time until then we're stuck dealing with this bs. __________________ "Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò!" "I drink diet coke so I can eat regular cake!" Gabriel Iglesias 2007

09-12-2007, 03:51 AM	#8
tenring XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MI Posts: 927	http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070912/...i9FIn5YqdZ.3QA The senate blocked funding for the truck program __________________ "The Sound of freedom is a .45 empty bouncing off the ground" ~ Rob Leatham

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