We must not have enough semi-tractors to handle the work.
Oh, we do?
Well then, we must not have enough drivers to pilot the tractors.
Oh, record unemployment?
Well then, I’m at a loss as to why you and I are paying to upgrade semi-tractors owned by Mexican operators so that they can haul trailers throughout the US.
In the latest effort to accommodate its cherished trade partner in the south, the U.S. government is paying to upgrade outdated Mexican trucks that hemorrhage illegal amounts of exhaust on their trips north to deliver merchandise.
The Mexican trucks enter the U.S. under a 17-year-old international trade pact known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and they’ve created an air pollution crisis. The air quality in border towns has been especially impacted by the exorbitant levels of exhaust released by the Mexican trucks, which also fail to meet American safety standards.
Since the Mexican truckers have no intention of fixing the problem, Uncle Sam has stepped in to save the environment. U.S. taxpayers have picked up the cost to replace old mufflers on dozens of trucks and many more are scheduled to be upgraded by the middle of this year. The unbelievable story was reported this week by an Arizona newspaper that says replacing the old mufflers with new catalytic converters will reduce harmful diesel emissions by up to 30%.
I’m just kidding about being at a loss. The administration cares more about keeping Mexico happy than about Americans being employed. It’s really just that simple.
It just keeps getting better, doesn’t it? How in the name of all that’s holy did our country slide this far into insanity?
They do it because they’re afraid of what Mexico is becoming – a Narco State, and also we now get so much of our produce from Mexico instead of CA’s Central Valley since they shut-off the water to US growers down south, which was done in order to “protect” (appease the enviro-‘tards/hippies) the Delta Smelt. So now we need the cheap Mexican produce (and the occasional salmonella flare-up to distract people)…
HOLY XMAS!! We, the United States of America have beocome a hive of idiots . . . mostly in Washington, DC; However,
the grass-roots begin at the State level . . . are there idiots there, too? No kidding . . . let’s make some more
major changes in the political field . . . . SOON!!
I don’t think that this sort of nonsense is confined to “this administration.”
Any bets on how long those new catalytic converters stay on the trucks before they are stripped off and sold for scrap? Bonus bet on how many times the same truck get’s its cat replaced.