My new essay at @AmerCompass on the fake driver shortage narrative is live. I draw a line between de-regulation, which should be properly understood as a "transfer" of regulation, to the corporate welfare which undergirds driver churn + causes many other industry problems. 1/ Tweet added by Gord Magill @GordMagill

Gord Magill

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My new essay at @AmerCompass on the fake driver shortage narrative is live. I draw a line between de-regulation, which should be properly understood as a "transfer" of regulation, to the corporate welfare which undergirds driver churn + causes many other industry problems. 1/

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@AmerCompass Here is the link, and I might as well tag everyone as well @FreightAlley and @AlanaSemuels work is referenced, along with @karen_ec_levy Steve Viscelli, Michael Belzer, and Stephen Burks, amongst others.

Crash and Churn | American Compass

Read Gord Magill’s Compass Point essay on how deregulation of trucking has failed truckers—and everyone else

americancompass.org

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@AmerCompass @FreightAlley @AlanaSemuels @karen_ec_levy I'll be at @truckingshow if anyone wants to disagree with me about the piece or poke holes in my arguments - I'm always open to criticism I'll be rolling with the best people at MATS - @indietrucker @supertrucker @TimothyDooner @lets_truck @LombardTrucking and many others

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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Many thanks to @oren_cass for hosting me at American Compass, and @olivertraldi for the editing work.

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi Of interest - @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade More tags @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek I've been making the corporate welfare argument for awhile, and was happy to write a short version of that argument for @aier a few months back.

Driver Shortage? Not So Fast

"Rather than work with shippers and receivers to fix these issues, the trucking industry has decided that it is more cost effective to stick taxpayers with the bill for replacing truckers who...

www.aier.org

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek @aier The trucking industry has come to rely on the abuse of immigrants, often brought to America under indentured servitude arrangements. Sold the American Dream, many instead are abused, and their abuse drives everyone else's wages down.

Foreign truckers allege US job offers turned into human-trafficking scheme

Lured by the promise of better pay and the American dream, some foreign drivers found themselves trapped in an alleged human-trafficking scheme.

www.freightwaves.com

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek @aier

How trucking companies forced drivers into debt, worked them past exhaustion and left them destitute

Thousands of drivers work up to 20 hours a day, sometimes for pennies. When they get sick or refuse to keep working, trucking companies fire them and take their trucks – along with thousands they...

www.usatoday.com

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek @aier

How an immigration scheme steers newcomers into Canadian trucking jobs – and puts lives at risk

Immigration consultants and trucking firms with sketchy safety records have found ways to exploit foreign job seekers, sometimes with tragic results when unprepared drivers are sent out on the road,...

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek @aier It wouldn't take much for Immigration departments to work with @FMCSA to crush these practices which hurt the indentured servants, the trucking business, and society as a whole. Modern slavery is happening on 18 wheels, and our governments are letting it happen.

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Gord Magill

@GordMagill

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@oren_cass @olivertraldi @cage_writer @rrpre @DisrespectedThe @LSchmitt_TAAWTS @OOIDA @Speaksfor_OOIDA @channel19todd @Chris_arnade @maphumanintent @Micaheadowcroft @lostisreed @matthewschmitz @g_shullenberger @bungarsargon @big_sib @bog_beef @Maarblek @aier @FMCSA A reason trucking has a churn problem is that there is no mechanism nor law which requires that drivers time be fully compensated. A quick fix to that would be removing the exemption for truckers to be be paid overtime, an issue I discussed @amconmag

End the Wage Gap for the Most Essential Worker

Conservatives must grapple with the terrible economic prospects of the working class.

www.theamericanconservative.com

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Scumbag Retail

@ScumbagRetail

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@GordMagill @AmerCompass Thanks for sharing the article. We have an overlap of bibliographies somewhat and I've arrived at a much different conclusion regarding the core claim. As for the core claim, it's a measurement, you didn't directly address it in depth and instead focused on ancillary issues.

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