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MEXICANS' TRUCKS DEBATE * USA - Bush lets Mexican trucks menace America's roads
Transportation secretary keeps border open an additional two years... By James P. Hoffa, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Detroit,MI,USA -The DetNews.com -8 Aug 2008: -- Even as he heads toward the exit, George Bush is sabotaging the safety of American working families. His transportation secretary, Mary Peters, announced Monday that the border will be kept open to dangerous Mexican trucks for two more years... Bush's decision to keep the border open fits with his pattern of reckless disregard for the safety of the American people... It was about a year ago that he first allowed trucks from Mexico to travel freely on U.S. highways. He called it a "one-year pilot program." In reality, it's the first step toward unfettered access for trucks from anywhere south of the border... Most Americans think this is a terrible idea. That's why the Bush administration first tried to sneak the pilot program into existence last year. It was only after the Teamsters outed the administration that officials admitted they really were opening the border to dangerous trucks from Mexico... Since Bush became president seven and a half long years ago, FMCSA has changed the rules so that employers can require truck drivers to spend more hours behind the wheel. The agency does a lousy job enforcing existing safety regulations... It won't report to Congress on the most dangerous motor carriers, as it is required to do. It refuses to enforce the Americans With Disabilities Act, despite a court order... Keeping America safe means more than making sure terrorists don't attack. It means making sure our families here in Michigan and throughout the rest of the country don't have to dodge 90,000-pound unguided missiles from Mexico on our highways... (Photo by David McNew / Getty Images North America - Mexican trucks enter Arizona. The administration has extended a pilot program allowing them on U.S. highways)Labels: mexicans' trucks debate
posted by Unknown @ 4:29 PM
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I am ashamed to see you choosing this peice of inaccurate propaganda and garbage which spews from the mouth of that pathetic little man Jimmy Hoffa and his gang of protectionist thugs.
After 11 months of the Cross Border Program, with no accidents or major safety violations, the program will go for another two years.
That fact I mentioned above is proof positive that Mexican carriers can operate alongside American and Canadian carriers safely and totally disproves Jimmy Hoffas rants against Mexican trucks.
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