Mexican trucks: Some great comments from Teamsters

We took another look at the many, many Teamster comments in the Federal Register and thought we'd share some of our favorites. There's also one that infuriates us.

But first, here's where we're at: The Department of Transportation must publish a response to all the comments that were posted, faxed or mailed. (That's why it's so great that the Teamsters submitted so many comments.) The next step will be for them to publish the regulations even as we fight like hell to prevent them from opening the border.  We'll keep you posted!

Here are some of the comments we especially liked:

Brother Ben Edward Cross, a retired Teamster, writes,

I have watched as our industrial base and corporations continue to move good paying jobs out of the country. I thought good paying trucking jobs were safe in this country because the trucking industry could not outsource freight being moved through our own country. My only conclusion can be if the trucking industry cannot outsource our good paying trucking jobs to cheap labor outside the country they are willing to bring in cheap labor from outside the country to take away our jobs.

Brother Timothy D. McKenna, from Local 312 in Chester, Pa., tells DOT,

For this to be done to Americans while so many are out of work and our economy is in bad shape is a crime.

Brother Larry Ross, a 2 million-mile man and member of Local 505 in Huntington, W.Va., writes, 

Our highways are overcrowded and with infrastructure in such bad shape we do not need these dangerous trucks endangering the lives of our families.

Brother Robert W. Summers from Local 41 in Kansas City, Mo., lets the DOT have it:

NO!!!! on dangerous Mexican trucks, is this even for real?  Come on guys. We are putting this country and our familys in danger with this proposal. NO ON MEXICAN TRUCKS

So does brother Jon Herman, from Olathe, Kan.

Get a grip and some common sense. Quit screwing the common man.

Kim West, the owner of a small trucking company in Texas, shares this observation:

From personal experience at a scale house in TX, when a truck was pulled in for inspection, because the officers couldn't communicate with the driver of the truck, they let him go.

Here's the one that infuriates us: Sandi Garcia, who says she was employed by Califronia DMV during the last pilot project, wants to know details about the DOT's plans. She writes,

I have a couple of Mexican customers that lease commercial equipment to Mexican companies that have an interest in obtaining the proposed authority under the pilot.

So this woman earns a salary working for the U.S. government and then tries to use the knowledge she gained to undermine the American economy.