The Truckers are not happy
I’ll just post this link and let it speak for itself.
Truckers voted for Trump in droves. Now they say his trade war is ‘killing’ their ability to make a living.
Its starts wtih:
Morris Coffman has been a truck driver for 35 years. And he’s been a conservative for even longer than that — his whole life.
“That said,” Coffman told Business Insider, “[Trump] is absolutely a moron. His idiotic ideas will tank the economy even further.”
Truckers, like Coffman, lean conservative. A Verdant Labs analysis of Federal Elections Commission data found that nearly three-quarters of truck drivers are Republican — one of the most conservative jobs in America, along with surgeons and farmers.
Maybe they should have been listening to music instead of talk radio while driving.
There is this headline also:
A tough lesson this group of salt of the earth, heartland breed American citizens are learning. I hope they are learning.
They will still vote for the Republican over the Democrat. That’s just how they roll.
Just wait until 5G rolls out along major highways and autonomous trucks replace these people. It may take ten years but its coming.
They are way too stupid to learn. They had a union. Gave it to the mob. Were proud of it. Now they don’t have a union. They’re proud of that. Lots of pride. Not an ounce of brains.
@ Wooley
Longer than 10 years, I think.
But certainly in 40.
I checked the 10-K filing for fiscal year ended 12/31/2018 for Knight-Swift Transportation (the recent merger of two large US trucking companies) and it will still talking about a strong market. I also checked their 10-Q for the period ended 6/30/2019 and it does seem that revenues are taking a dip. When this giant trucking company releases its next 10-K early next year, I bet the Trump trolls will be screaming Fake News.
Now had you bought shares in this company back in March of 2018 – you will have suffered quite the loss:
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/KNX/
So the market is saying that the prospects for trucking have also taken a hit.
I suspect that coal miners will be next as multiple firms are declaring bankruptcy.
someone ought to do an epidemiological study….that truckers and coal miners are still supporting Trump seems to be evidence of serious neurological damage from the fuel exhaust and coal dust they’re continually exposed to…
Or maybe they’re just dumb.