another thing...what can a trucker strike DO about high gas prices??
how can a strike bring down prices?
it cant..except maybe a neglible decline because the truckers will be using less gas while on strike, therefore decreasing demand..but thats it..
(so if they want to keep prices down, they should just stop driving forever!
its a myth that government can "do something" about gas prices..
well.they could..if the environmentalists would allow us to drill for our own oil,
that could bring down prices..
but since thats not an option, we are slaves to the nations that ARE allowed to produce oil..
they fix the prices for us, by limiting production, to keep prices high..
I dont see anything positive this strike could accomplish.
you strike to get beter treatment from your
employer..who CAN do something about your working conditions..who do the truckers think is going to "fix" high gas prices??
and how are they going to do it?? there is no one in the USA with that power..
not as long we remain a free capatilist nation anyway..
maybe if we move toward to full-on communism, the government could control everything for us...but other that that, the truckers are just as screwed as the rest of us when it comes to gas prices...and they can influence the price just as much as we can...meaning "not at all"..
Scot