You know it really does not matter.
There are other issues that face us that are far more important than this one.
We already have foreign nationals working on our roads, and making a lot less than we make at the cheapest rate. The fallacy of someone who is a Mexican working for 13 cents a mile is just that, a fallacy because many on the road now who are working for owners make a little less than twice as much. The Mexican O/O will still have to buy permits, pay for road tax and buy fuel while here. They are not all going to be coming here and they are not all driving crap trucks.
The real issue is that we all work in an industry that just doesn't give a crap. It is no where near what the myth is portrayed, we are all one big happy brotherhood of truckers - yahoo!! It really is the opposite, nearly most of the 1.6 million truckers (I think that's the right number) out on the road are out there for themselves. A large majority of those are working for companies and have no interest in participating in the republic process or care about what affects the Owner Operator. It is a sad and very true fact because if this wasn't the case, outside of voting, many would be flooding their representitives about the issues that affect all of us.
UNTIL it affects everyone, then it is not as important as many make it out to be.
The OOIDA is an organization which has done what they could, in my opinion they need to be more proactive on those other issue but regardless they are only as good as their members who are willing to write to their representatives about issues they feel are important.
Speaking of crap trucks, take a serious look around the truck stops lately?
So pass the taco sauce Jaun.
(the sheep was meant for those, not you)
