CNN just now had four truckers on talking about gas prices

[underpants]

At $3.62 a gallon it costs them $700 or so to fill

They were at a truck stop in Georgia (missed name) and one said that he was going to fill up and drive to a factory in North Carolina-he would make $800 for the trip

One of the drivers said that some companies DO pay a surcharge for gas, the trucker who was driving to No. Carolina said that the surcharge WAS included in the $800 he had just mentioned.

Same trucker (driving to NC) said that his insurance was $650 a month.

Another trucker said that he had 4 payments (he bought it new)left on his truck. It costs him $.60 a mile to operate. He thinks he will sell the truck and get out of the business once he makes his last payment. "If it cost other Americans 60 cents a mile to drive they would find a way to stop driving too"

Not one of them have seen any increase as gas prices have gone up and FOOD PRICES have gone up "because of gas prices increasing" and as one trukcer pointed out oil companies have record profits.

THEN the reporter jokingly pointed out the truck stop owner who was standing above the table with some other people "He must be to blame" everyone sort of giggled. The truck stop owner said that he and most all "petrol" dealers sell at 1 to 2 cents UNDERCOST. They only make money off food and drinks and the like-stuff you buy in the store.

[spanone]

1. been wondering why the truckers have been so silent....gotta be killing them

[underpants]

2. I know that we have a couple of truckers here on DU

Oh and CNN had to go back to their regular informative programming so the report ended.

[Yavin4]

7. Truckers Aren't Silent. The Media Aint Talking to Them

The media doesn't see working class people any more.

[underpants]

9. BINGO!

I didn't realize it but it was rare to not see someone in a tie on CNN

[Clovis Sangrail]

10. because they're embarrassed?

:shrug:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Nov_3/ai_66575682

Obviously not *all truckers supported Chimpy and this asinine "war" but every one I've met did.

[littlebit]

15. I own a truck

that my little brother operates. We have been complaining about fuel prices for a while now. Even with a fuel surcharge we are still having trouble making any kind of a reasonable profit. Between low freight prices and increased costs it getting really difficult to stay in business.

[canoeist52]

3. then CNN suddenly ran out of time anquickly cut to ads

[underpants]

6. I turned it off

I thought they went back to the studio

but then I didn't watch so :shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

4. ALL the oil taxes should be paid by the oil companies considering the mind-blowing profits they are

making these days...
The people who fill up in the gas stations should have oil-tax amnesty until we can be shown conclusively that the oil companies are making a REASONABLE profit...and not one dime more.
These guys, along with the drug and credit card companies/banks are the biggest thieves this country has ever known.

[napi21]

5. I watched that. I believe they are right! If you check the profits

of trucking companies, supermarkets, gas stations, and oil companies, there's only ONE GROUP that is and has been showing record profits! There can be no other conclusion!

[underpants]

8. It was really a good report

they got a somewhat diverse group too (with the truckstop owner too)

it really showed how down the middle no-nonsense this issue (and it is an issue) really is.

[BeyondGeography]

11. Nasty...say goodbye to the cheap energy economy

it will be gut wrenching for a vast country such as ours built as it is around the automobile.

It will be a long, hard road to desuburbanization, investment in cities and re-opening farmland to feed small-scale communities with walkable centers. Maybe we'll have it figured out by 2040. Sorry I'll miss it, but we can always take a trip to Europe to see what it looks like.

[liberal N proud]

12. The station owner/operators are not making money off gas

They are getting screwed just like the drivers.
But Exxon-Mobil cats get fatter and fatter.

[zbdent]

13. any of them asked whether or not they supported Bush, will support McCain,

or the never-ending war?

[underpants]

14. No