There is an old biblical saying "the clever will be caught up in their own devices" I doubt this was meant to be applied to the issue of Mexican cross-border trucking but it kind of fits. According to Truckinginfo.com the National program to "open" our border to Mexican Trucking is stalling heavily. To go forward with the program the Department of Transportation must conduct over 4000 inspections. So far the number of inspections they have completed are:
89
So here is what is happening. A few years ago the Federal government thought allowing lower cost Mexican Trucking into the United States would be beneficial to a reeling economy by? well I dont really know why. Exporting American jobs in the middle of recession is a head scratcher but the program was approved BUT here is where it started to breakdown.
The Department of Transportation also thought it would be a great idea to begin levying over 5 billion dollars of regulations on the trucking industry during a recession to make us safer. And it did.
Now the much cheaper Mexican companies cannot meet the extensive safety and emissions regulations that would allow them to drive here.
So not just are we safer but our jobs are safer too. Very very clever.
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=77974&news_category_id=3
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