a reply to:
litterbaux
In your opinion, how devistating would your proposition be for working families that are struggling to get by as it is?
I assume you are talking about my statement on the best way to blockade DC.
In my opinion, it could be quite devastating. But I am not the one advocating for this convoy; the active truckers from across the USA are. It's
apparently happening, and there's nothing you nor I can do about it.
Personally, I would prefer for things to be going good... that's no Chinese virus, no vaccine mandates, no face mask Nazis, no supply chain issues, no
shortages, no inflation, no rising fuel costs... that's my proposition. I'm 60 years old with a bum heart, disabled on a fixed income, probably for
the rest of my life. You think I want all this stuff that is happening now? All I want is to be able to live out the rest of my life in peace.
But that's not going to happen. Fuel prices are rising quickly, food prices are jumping up like rocketships, we have a war starting in Ukraine, our
President has advanced dementia, we are all faced with mandates over silly stuff because of a virus with a 1% fatality rate, and every attempt to stop
it has led to an even faster spread. Crime is rising, even out here in the boondocks of rural Alabama. I have had to install a deadbolt on my door and
use it... we used to rarely even bother locking the door. Canada just declared the equivalent of a takeover of the country, sand we have ate least one
US state governor who has openly expressed a willingness to send US National Guard to help them with that.
I have news for you: truckers are treated like crap already. It's a tough, dirty, and usually thankless job that pays less and less with more and more
hassles every year. Most of the old drivers, the seasoned "Knights of the Highway," are already gone, retired early because they just decided it
wasn't worth it anymore.
We are replacing them with young, green drivers as young as 21, with many in government wanting to lower that to 18. They are being trained by drivers
with less than 2 years experience in many cases. These kids are just as apt to drop a load as they are to get it there on time and undamaged. They
have a greater tendency to road rage while sitting in the hotseat of that 40-ton vehicle. You don't think that will lead to shortages? I do, and it
will also lead to more dangerous highways.
Rising diesel prices are driving inflation, and they show no sign of slowing. Everything has to be shipped at some point, some items several times
before the finished product is delivered to your local store. How many people even notice the cost of diesel? I do: it's $3.79 a gallon here as of two
days ago. 6 months ago it was $2.99. What difference does it make if a product is available or not if no one can afford to buy it?
At least if the convoy succeeds in reducing some of the problems we are having socially, it will do so quickly. If it fails, the shortages will drag
out for years, possibly decades to come.
Which do you prefer? Lance that splinter and get it out quickly, or let it fester out and hope it doesn't set up blood poisoning in the process? I
prefer the former.
TheRedneck