2008 Woodie Awards
Sit still, 18-Wheeler, sit still
In support of striking truckers
J.D. Lewis
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: Opinion
This week, independent truck drivers from across the nation are striking, or threatening to strike in protest of rising fuel prices, and I don't blame them one bit. It takes the average Joe $30-$40 dollars to fill up a car with gas; it now costs a trucker $1,000 or more to fill up his truck with diesel. This rape at the gas pump has got to stop, and if the striking truckers can hit the oil executives in their wallets, then I say amen, brothers.
Oil company presidents and CEO's sat before Congress Tuesday, bemoaning the possibility of losing billions of dollars in tax breaks in the face of record profits. They claimed that record profits were allowing them to invest in cheaper, cleaner energy sources. B.S. Now tell us the one about the Three Bears. What have they to show after nearly four years of what amounts to nothing more than petty theft?
The striking truckers may not make a bit of difference in the long run, but at least they have the cajones to try. How can we not stand with them?
This writer can be reached at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
Oil company presidents and CEO's sat before Congress Tuesday, bemoaning the possibility of losing billions of dollars in tax breaks in the face of record profits. They claimed that record profits were allowing them to invest in cheaper, cleaner energy sources. B.S. Now tell us the one about the Three Bears. What have they to show after nearly four years of what amounts to nothing more than petty theft?
The striking truckers may not make a bit of difference in the long run, but at least they have the cajones to try. How can we not stand with them?
This writer can be reached at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
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Brent
posted 4/07/08 @ 4:03 PM EST
It's just going to hurt more than help. Simple economics, w/o goods from freight truckers, prices go up from the added demand.
Prices up = higher gas prices in the future anyway. (Continued…)
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