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Fri Dec-21-07 09:25 PM
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| 52. Western Europeans are afraid of losing jobs to E. Europeans |
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For instance, the admittance of Bulgaria and Romania came with the stipulation that their citizens not be allowed on the common labor market after the experience of Polish workers coming across into W. Europe and working for very low wages. Similar concerns are also a major hurdle to Turkey's entry to the EU, among other things.
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| -Congress removes funds to support the * plan to allow Mexican truck drivers across our borders |
DainBramaged |
Dec-20-07 11:56 PM |
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Great news! This goes beyond road safety, I believe it's a huge |
Faux pas |
Dec-21-07 02:33 AM |
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Absolutely |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 05:35 AM |
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Great news! About time this congress does something right! |
B Calm |
Dec-21-07 03:14 AM |
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Congress does the right thing--and within three posts we have someone bashing Congress. Not good. |
Perry Logan |
Dec-21-07 05:47 AM |
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Well, before we break out the champagne... |
Orsino |
Dec-22-07 08:00 AM |
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While Europe celebrates tearing down borders, we celebrate building them up. |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 06:27 AM |
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OK, so you want uninspected, unregulated and uninsured trucks pounding the highways |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 06:38 AM |
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No and I expect that the French do not want uninspected, unregulated, and uninsured |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 07:04 AM |
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Don't assume anything with me. |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 12:14 PM |
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Agreed. I don't make assumptions about you and you don't jump to conclusions about me. |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 01:05 PM |
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If you love the European systems so much............... |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 01:23 PM |
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Love it or leave it, huh? n/t |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 01:25 PM |
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You brought it up so go help the workers assimilate |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 05:25 PM |
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Thanks for the offer, but I think the Europeans can handle it without much |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 05:37 PM |
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Of course not, you're too busy making assumptions |
Tejas |
Dec-21-07 02:09 PM |
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I am not European trucking expert, but I would bet that the trucks |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 02:25 PM |
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Western Europeans are afraid of losing jobs to E. Europeans |
rockymountaindem |
Dec-21-07 09:25 PM |
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Why do you think you can hijack this thread for your own agenda |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 05:31 PM |
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Sometimes we can learn from how others deal with problems similar |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 06:05 PM |
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Dec-21-07 06:29 PM |
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Where do you get the idea that the Mexican trucks that are (will/would) participate in this program |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-21-07 02:21 PM |
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The idea may come from the fact that the US is bigger and stronger |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 04:24 PM |
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Pampango, i am fairly sure where you are coming from, i just want to know Dainbramaged's POV |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-21-07 07:57 PM |
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Bogus argument: Europe still has borders. Egyptians or Chinese, e.g., cannot "move freely" in EU. |
Romulox |
Dec-22-07 11:37 AM |
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I am glad to hear this |
senseandsensibility |
Dec-21-07 07:08 AM |
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good for them... |
rndmprsn |
Dec-21-07 07:18 AM |
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I read that there was a college student of Korean ancestry who killed 30 people |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 09:04 AM |
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Not in my thread, this is about unsafe trucks |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 12:22 PM |
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your total disregard for public safety |
Tejas |
Dec-21-07 02:01 PM |
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My son could be on of the next 30, God forbid, but that does not |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 02:18 PM |
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So, should we now expect Mexico to ban US trucks? |
High Plains |
Dec-21-07 02:09 PM |
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nope. n/t |
Tejas |
Dec-21-07 02:11 PM |
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You really have it wrong. And we don't cruise the highways in Mexico |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 05:26 PM |
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Excellent news. |
spoony |
Dec-21-07 04:30 PM |
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Now anyone with a differing opinion is an "anti-union propagandist"? |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 05:33 PM |
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Dec-21-07 05:41 PM |
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I try to state my opinion not call anyone names or put a label on them. |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 06:24 PM |
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Pampango is a DLC cheap-labor advocate of sending American jobs overseas |
brentspeak |
Dec-21-07 06:33 PM |
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Let him hire the illegals I want jobs for Amercans not cheap ass investors |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 07:11 PM |
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I realize that you have me on "ignore" but I do have to give you credit |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 08:02 PM |
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Why do people whom you don't agree with have to be labelled |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 08:00 PM |
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Loves the Outsourcing of US Jobs..... |
ChromeFoundry |
Dec-21-07 08:22 PM |
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I didn't see a "brown people" reference in the thread. Did you? n/t |
pampango |
Dec-21-07 08:49 PM |
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Didn't Bother Looking.....Already Know What to Expect From You |
ChromeFoundry |
Dec-22-07 08:01 AM |
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Agreed. n/t |
OhioChick |
Dec-21-07 08:37 PM |
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I just forwarded this message to all my 18 wheeler peers, and many |
B Calm |
Dec-21-07 04:48 PM |
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I work in an industry that supplies the trucking business, and |
bullwinkle428 |
Dec-21-07 05:54 PM |
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Good news, for once |
brentspeak |
Dec-21-07 06:34 PM |
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Glad to Hear. |
OhioChick |
Dec-21-07 07:53 PM |
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As an obviously proud Union man, are you as upset about Canadian Truckers? |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-21-07 08:06 PM |
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As long as there were Teamsters behind the wheel |
DainBramaged |
Dec-21-07 08:21 PM |
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So the overwhelming majority of the trucks that come across from Canada every day |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-21-07 08:43 PM |
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Why don't Canadian truckers have cabotage regulations? You |
B Calm |
Dec-21-07 11:50 PM |
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Actually, no. Cabotage for them would be a BAD thing. |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-22-07 07:39 AM |
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No way would it cost American jobs! That doesn't make sense. |
B Calm |
Dec-22-07 08:34 AM |
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Please try and understand what "Cabotage" means. |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-22-07 09:05 AM |
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One other thing... |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-21-07 08:49 PM |
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You are simply anti-Union disguised as a "member" here |
DainBramaged |
Dec-22-07 12:36 AM |
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents Canadian haulers n/t |
Nailzberg |
Dec-22-07 12:44 AM |
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How many of the Canadian Haulers that come across the border each day are Teamsters? |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-22-07 07:10 AM |
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Local drivers or over the road drivers? |
B Calm |
Dec-22-07 08:39 AM |
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Either |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-22-07 08:59 AM |
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Well now you for one should know at least all of the Allied ones are. And as far as taking |
Snotcicles |
Dec-22-07 09:20 AM |
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Yes, of course, many Car-Haul companies are Teamsters.. |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-22-07 09:48 AM |
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Things are ok up here but wages are dropping like a hot potato. |
Snotcicles |
Dec-22-07 10:00 AM |
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I have no idea, and I don't care. |
Nailzberg |
Dec-22-07 02:27 PM |
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I see the same couple of fake free trade and outsourcing supporters are here as usual. |
Elwood P Dowd |
Dec-21-07 09:13 PM |
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Just for the hell of it... |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-21-07 09:23 PM |
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The Canadian truckers make a living fucking wage!!! |
Elwood P Dowd |
Dec-21-07 09:30 PM |
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Blah blah blah |
A HERETIC I AM |
Dec-22-07 07:29 AM |
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Where are US jobs outsourced to? |
Kajsa |
Dec-22-07 10:25 AM |
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My guess is to which ever offers the lower cost. It won't |
Snotcicles |
Dec-22-07 11:17 AM |
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I completely agree with you, Snotcicles. |
Kajsa |
Dec-22-07 03:40 PM |
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Well I for one am more concerned about area standards like wage and benefit |
Snotcicles |
Dec-22-07 10:36 AM |
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Why does the Democratic UNDERGROUND attract so many *neo-liberal* posters??? |
Romulox |
Dec-22-07 11:53 AM |
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Excellent question, Romulex! |
Kajsa |
Dec-22-07 03:43 PM |
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Why do you hate brown people? n/t |
QC |
Dec-22-07 03:47 PM |
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Safety is an issue but I think |
doc03 |
Dec-22-07 08:01 AM |
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Whatever, it is a viable issue. |
lonestarnot |
Dec-22-07 08:36 AM |
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Its not just truckers |
vpilot |
Dec-22-07 08:42 AM |
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I agree, but the Repugs will |
doc03 |
Dec-22-07 09:50 AM |
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Union! YES! |
lonestarnot |
Dec-22-07 08:36 AM |
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