I especially like this part:
"The DOT currently is in the process of identifying available dollars to fund the Mexican truck phase-in pilot program, and it plans to go to Congress only if the program negotiated with Mexico demands additional resources that only Congress can authorize."
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At a time when every other government program or project dependent on government funding like highway projects is facing decreased funding or a total lack of funding, they can somehow find money for horseshoot like this! Who cares about Mexican sanctions on our products.
Once this program is up and running, you can bet your butt it will never go away, regardless of the safety compliance and accident history of these trucks.
The powers that be seem content to allow this thing to steamroll through. Will these trucks be held to our standards or will Lahood tell DOT officials and inspectors to turn a blind eye to violations in order to appease the mexicans. Is this program still one that only allows them to enter the US to deliver a product and return to Mexico like we treat or mistreat the Canadians, or will these mexicans be roaming around willy-nilly doing point to point deliveries. :thumbsdown:
Why do we have such a protectionist attitude towards our borders with Canada, when we share a common language, and have fairly consistent laws?
Then we turn around and allow a third world country with a long raging violent drug war, a weak government, terrible economy and no parallels in language, laws , or lifestyle to make demands on us and force things like this on us.