Saturday, April 12, 2003

After a long hiatus......

Yet another example of environmentalists not thinking all the way through their actions.
Mexico may retaliate against American trucks. Now, I don't want unsafe Mexican trucks on our highways any more than the next guy, but here is a prime example of the Law of Unintended Consequences. In their zeal to "protect" our environment the environmentalists have sued and stopped Mexican trucks from coming onto our highways. This puts us in violation of NAFTA and entitles Mexico to respond with equivalent economic damage, thereby hurting American companies and possibly putting Americans out of work. Its a sticky dilemma.