hey BONEHEAD, that is why you claim the per deim on your taxes whether the company gives it to you or not.. If you do not get it from the company it is a straight deduction on your taxes. Lower you income, pay less taxes, or get a bigger refund. DUH.

'06 Century's do that, too. Totally sux.

You just don't get it do you? kips stated that drivers are not paid for food and travel allowances while away from home. Per diem is NOT a payment it is a WRITE OFF, two different things. :roll: Why the attitude? This is a forum for friendly conversation. No one did anything to you. You seem to get confrontational in all your posts. Play nice and keep your BS to the CB radio driver.

BTW, if you were trying to infer that I can't spell "duh", I wasn't trying to. "Doh!" is an expression from Homer Simpson. DUH!

and once again.....lets all blame ourselves for the industry's poor treatment of the drivers. Let's see, I see recruiters chiming in on why a background check that THEY did not do beforehand gives them an excuse to dump someone at a Greyhound bus station....I see people who are more interested in a vehicle that they MAY drive (but never own) and posters who continue to justify their giving away of their labor and time. What I DON'T see is anyone concerned (with a couple of exceptions) with being PAID for ALL of their time, health benefits, and a REAL retirement system. You work hard for these companies, in some cases you give your family life up and your health. What will you do when you are too old to drive ? Do you think any of these companies care ? Your just a warm body filling a seat. If you have to live on the street when you can no longer drive what good does a shiny truck you USED to drive do you ????? The poster from the United Kingdom had an excellent point in driving conditions in Europe vs the US. What he forgot to tell you is that most of the drivers are unionized. When you screw with one driver in Europe, you screw with all of them and they shut down in a heartbeat. This is what American trucking companies fear most. That one day drivers in this country will wake up and realize the REAL power you have. Sure, we'll give you that nice shiny truck son, we just won't pay you what you are worth (after all that trucks nothing but a tax write off) nor do we care if you get old and sick. REPEAL the FLSA exemption for the trucking industry. What is the trucking industry afraid of ? They won't get their free slave labor anymore.

not true in the uk miby in france but not in the UK we get F****d up the ass by companys as much as u and the fact that the bigest haulier in EU is norbert dentrassangle and they do not recognise unions and plus we mostly get salary here know with the new eu rules on 60hr working working week which means that u can only work an avrage of 60hrs over 26 weeks and plus the money is about 25K to 30K a yr before tax so take 29% off and thats what u earn here in the UK when house prices are about an average off 170K and more down south which means that 70% of ure money gose on ure morgage

Wouldn't get out of bed for 25-30k..You need to find a new profession in the UK or move over here..

Why? So he can work longer for a few dollars more?

I think i would change the fact that all drivers do is argue, myself included. we are the one and only reason that drivers have bad reps. when a dirty, overweight, not showed guy or girls gets out of truck and starts complaining, people tend to get the idea. we should all take pride in ourselves and our proffesion. that is what i think but to be honest i will still be a smart a**, here and on the CB. but we all gotta have some fun, right?

U got to double that its about 50 to 60.000$$$$$$ ayr over there but any average house is about 340,000$$$$$$$

Ok I'll be a smart ass...proffesion is profession...... :lol: :lol: :lol:

$340,000 in the UK? cuz over here, you can get a decent house for about $150,00 US in the midwest. out west and back east is a different story :shock:

damn, i can not spell for sh**. why so angry because i am a smarta**? alot of other people in here are as well, just not as upfront with it as i am. and no, duh, was because you are a big dummy. the write off is better than the non taxed income in my opinion.

NO MORE 14hr CLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That 14hr's comes back and bites you hard sometimes...

If you have a $50 "write off" or "deduction" and you are in a 20% tax bracket you will get an extra $10 in your refund from the IRS. So you're saying that you would rather get an extra $10 refund instead of even say $25 a day in extra pay from your employer? I don't think you understand taxes, write-offs, or even what "per diem" really means. This isn't a problem for me except for the fact that you continue to insult others and myself when you clearly don't have a clue, can't spell and don't comprehend well. And don't use your "I'm just a smartass so accept me for what I am" bull. It's getting old. The right thing to do would have been to apologize to myself and the others right away, but you choose to continue. In your opinion everyone's a bonehead, dummies, or a newbie. This is like arguing with a sofa. I'm done with you. As Bob Knight once said "I've caught fish that were smarter than you". :roll:

Oh and hey, all this is just me being a smartass, don't take it personally eh.

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well i guess you could call yourself a smart ass, but i would much rather call you acting like a dumbass. your posts are not well thought, and your spelling is atrocious. it's actually truckers like you that make most of us sick. instead of hearing good conversation on the cb or getting or giving help to other drivers, we hear alot of ppl like you just tying up the cb channel with your bs..... u should prolly grow up a bit.... my two cents.

I stand by my original post. I have been to the EU with the Teamsters and met with members of the TWU (Transport Workers Union). Also even in the EU (European Union) most drivers are paid by the hour and do not unload. It is true there are speed limiters and hours restrictions, but those are the least of the problems. My point was that most drivers in the EU (and particularly France) do stick together, unlike the States. You also have health care, good, bad or indifferent, we do not. Your government wants you to work less, the US wants us to work MORE and doesn't really give a damn who dies in the process. Truck drivers in the US die prematurely from stress, suffer a higher divorce rate and do not in general have the quality of life they deserve. This must and should change. REPEAL the exemption to the Fair Labor and Standards Act ! That was the point. It is NOT 1934 and it is not needed anymore.