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Originally posted by: Ktulu
Originally posted by: Citrix
Right, but they're inspected as they come in. Everyone is just assuming that because they're Mexican they're automatically unsafe, don't know how to drive and idiots. What do you really know about Mexican truck drivers or Mexicans at all. NOTHING. And don't start talking about Mexicans being corrupt when there's absurds amount of corruption and hypocrisies going on in this country as we speak. IT IS racism and you'll never be able convince me otherwise.
Mexico is corrupt are you saying it isn't? if pulling the race card is your only argument then you are weak.
I'm saying us calling Mexico corrupt is hypocritical coming from our country. Corruption is rampant anywhere in the world.
Originally posted by: babylon5
Thank god American truck drivers will lose their jobs, saids race card wavers.
They haven't been losing there jobs to Canadians, so why would they lose them to inferior Mexicans? And where in my post did I say I would like American truck drivers to lose there jobs?
And there is a difference in employment in Canada vs Mexico? Mexico has a huge unemployment rate and a huge surplus of potential workers while Canada is already very close to the US. This is not a Canada vs Mexico issue. Not to mention, it was stated earlier (on CNN) that these Mexican truck drivers would be paid $0.40 per every dollar earned by US truck drivers. Corporations will drop US truck drivers as quick as they can hire the Mexicans to drive for pay difference like that, and don't think for one second that they won't.
And NAFTA is FREE trade...we trade our jobs freely to Mexico for their freely roaming drivers to deliver the goods now produced in Mexico (instead of the US) back to us. Just wait until good imported from other countries are passed through Mexican ports vs US ports. Another way that corporations can rid theirselves of US workers in favor of dirt cheap Mexican labor.
Oh, and one other argument. I sure hope that the Mexican drivers drive better in the US than they do in Mexico. With a complete lack of respect of the laws of the road and common courtesey on Mexican streets, I would hate to be driving beside 50 tons of truck driving that way (and yes, I've been to Mexico many times and refuse to drive there because of the lack of rule following and courtesy on the roads).