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A Slur on Truckers?
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Here in Canada you only have to be 19 to get a truckers license, though you only have to be 19 to drink too.... <br /> <br />Something interesting about trucking, I was watching a documentary about trucking, and one truck driver was saying that he was making basically the same pay that he was 20 years ago... <br /> <br />I thought that was interesting, 20 years ago he said he was making a great living and now he's glad he's near retirement. <br /> <br />There aren't many people out there willing to dedicate their lives to a job that doesn't pay enough to make a great living, the expected quality of life is much higher now than it was a few decades ago. <br /> <br />Either raise the rates, or suffer worker shortages, it's the simple principal of supply and demand. <br /> <br />....if they paid truckers what they paid longshoremen, there would be line-up's at every trucking company for people wanting to drive.
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