Mexico Trucker Online

In a paid press release today, James Hoffa of the Teamsters had this to say in response to the news that Mexico is in the process of making retaliatory tariff’s a reality.

As is usually the case, Hoffa has a large problem with the truth. The lies in this press release are highlighted.

Mexican Government Would Raise Tariffs Over Safety Issue

WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said the Mexican government’s threat to raise tariffs on U.S. exports is an absurd overreaction to the shutdown of the unsafe cross-border trucking pilot program.

Congress ended the program as part of the recent Omnibus appropriations bill.

“The right response from Mexico would be to make sure its drivers and trucks are safe enough to use our highways without endangering our drivers,” Hoffa said. “The border must stay closed until Mexico holds up its end of the bargain.”

According to published reports, the U.S. government spent $500 million on the pilot program, which began in September 2007. Only about three Mexican trucks per day traveled beyond the border zone since then, according to the Transportation Department’s office of inspector general.

“The U.S. needs to stop agreeing to trade deals like NAFTA that allow our own safety standards to deteriorate,” Hoffa said.

The tariff’s are in response to our governments inability to uphold their obligations, instead choosing to listen to increasingly irrelevant little men like Hoffa, Todd Spencer of OOIDA and the corrupt politicos they keep in their hip pocket.

The Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Final Report on the Cross Border Program contains absolutely NOTHING to suggest these trucks are anything other than safely maintained and safely operated.

The report showed that Mexican trucks had a lower OOS rate for both vehicles and drivers than did their US counterparts.

In other words, every word coming from Hoffa’s lips is deliberate unadulterated lies that he is fully aware of.

The American public should ignore this pathetic little person and urge President Obama to issue an Executive Order authorizing continuance of the safe and successful Cross Border Program.

If these tariff’s are allowed to take effect, the blame will sit squarely on the shoulders of Hoffa, Spencer and the corrupt politicians who did their bidding contrary to the obvious success of the program to date!