If regulation leads to profit.

Deregulation brough us Enron..i saw what deregulating the powercompanys did in california..and other states watched on the sidelines..where mysterious power plants just had to shut down.. giving us brown outs and black outs.. or gas lines mysteriously breaking down..doubling..tripling the power and gas bills...but hey thats deregulation and free enterprise you say..funny how your state didnt deregulate..really funny thing california reregulated..as they are today.. and crooks like Enron are history
..just like i worked in a regulated trucking industry..where you made money..your MC number was worth something and your state authority was worth even more..as in many worth millions..and today they arent worth a piece of used toilet paper..you dont sell your authority... you just close the doors..and there were brokers.. BUT they were all conected to a trucking company that had to much freight to haul themselves and would broker out the unmoved freight to make their customers happy...it wasnt a full time business brokering loads...you got paid in 15 days..or you could get the government to get it for you..in 1971 you got about 75 cents a mile..fuel was about a quarter..new trucks were about 15,000 bucks..and what we're see today rates , you are lucky to get 2 bucks, trucks are 165,000 and fuel is more or less 3 bucks a gallon..why is it since 1971 the cost of living has gone up over 10 times..and freight rates have gone up less than 3 times..and wages were a dime a mile .. today your lucky to get 40 cents..again 4 times increase...this is what deregulation has done..and there are so many that think they are making money.. many paying a broker 10...20% of the pay for that load that they used to put in the truckers pockets..but everybody just loves deregulation..and cant find somebody who can do more than keep a seat warm...and wonder where all of the person who can properly operate a truck...they all went to a job that pays more than peanuts...theyre home every night..and dont have to eat fast food every day because thats what truck stops have..and arent lied toon a daily basis...but thats what deregulation does..and everybody is just as happy as coon eating sh**...why is that?

The answer is not on the left, or the right, rather it is somewhere in the middle. When you have a lack of competition in the market, you have a monopoly, instead of a free market, which gives birth to stuff like Enron, and your rolling blackouts...( And that's what the megga fleets would like to have). On the other side of this, is over production, and low rates. Both of these scenarios when taken to the extreme, produce the peon class and give birth to a third world nation. Over regulation impedes the flow of revenue, and prevents progress. For example it's likely the industrial revolution never would of happened, if they were burdened with today's regulations, and the railroads would never have been built. But putting all of that aside, who has a better standard of living, the truck driver in America or the truck driver in North Korea? And which one is regulated the most? The trucker in America is free to quit his job any time he chooses, unlike his comrade in North Korea? Government would be happy to run your business for you, and they will also be happy to keep your profits, so be careful what you ask for. Some of those folks who came hear from Cuba would attest to it.

It is my opinion that too much regulation is not good. It is my responisibility to know when i'm getting tired and know when to safely shut down due to fatigue...not the governments. I should be held accountable for being a safe operator, and they should leave me alone. I happen to be one of the new people to the industry, and I happen to be making a good living doing this. The poor ag economy brought me here and i believe that is why your rates are going down. My farm hasnt produced enough money to support a family for 4 years now, and i know im not the only one, so how could i (the producer) afford to pay a higher rate for shipping, or for anything. Our bankers are cutting us off, and i believe that is trickling down and forcing lower shipping rates for any ag comodity.

back to my deregulation opinion, asside from trucking on a farm, i dont have one tenth of the trucking experience most people on the road have, so maybe the only advantage i have over some people is the ability to run a few more hours (not saying i support driving 18 hours in a day, again it is my responinility to be safe), maybe that makes up for my lack of load connections, lack of experience, ect. The whole process of putting my farm trucks on the road has been interesting, met alot of GREAT people, learned alot of new things, but hands down the most difficult and expensive and frustrating part has been the government. Not saying i should be free to weigh 105000 pounds with 5 axles, or free to drive till i fall asleep, but my opinion is that I would like to be left alone as long as im safe.

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The key word here is regulation, to provide a level playing field for all those who are involved. You cant regulate the trucks in the name of safety or terroism, or for the purpose revenue and not the whole industry. If I am to wear a dollar sign on my forhead and have everyone dipping in my pocket, at least give me a fair work place to earn it with dignity. As you say, if you cannot make a profit, you dont belong, very true, but if making a profit is controlled by entities beyond our control, I call a foul.

Some food for thought, workers in every form of government are going backwards at this point, be it socialist, communist or free market. Europe has brexit, and a host of other problems, in many parts of South America, like Venezuela they have put the military in charge of food distribution. Many women now trade sex for food, to stay fed at this point in Venezuela. Across the globe we are seeing a mass migration crisis, the size of witch has never been seen in all of recorded history. Was this referred to in Mathew 24:10-12 ?