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Here at Trust Services, like many of our fellow shippers and carriers, we are eagerly anticipating the direction transportation policy will take for the foreseeable future under the leadership of a new administration. Partisan politics aside, it is a perplexing task to determine which candidate will serve the interests of the transportation industry best, since transportation-related issues garnered little attention through the primary season by either candidate. As the general election cycle gains momentum, we would like to see each candidate send clear policy signals to the transportation industry, to help determine what policy actions can be expected in January 2009 and how these actions will affect everyone moving forward.
With the Republican Party’s candidate, Senator John McCain, having served as the chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee from 1997 to 2001, we can observe that he has a record of voting against infrastructure funding initiatives that he perceives as fiscally irresponsible. In contrast, the senator supports free trade and has developed influential relationships in the transportation industry, with powerful allies in the broader business world that support his philosophy on the role of government regulation and its relationship with private industry.
Alternatively, the Democratic Party’s candidate, Senator Barack Obama, remains untested leading in this industry, but to critics of NAFTA’s policies and the DOT crossborder trucking program, his candidacy inspires those that perceive candidate McCain as a continuation of Bush administration policies.
Regardless of your political leanings, Trust Services encourages you to get informed of each candidate’s policy positions, and help determine the direction of this industry. Make your vote count on Election Day! For more information, check out “Transportation Eyes McCain” http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-34854286_ITM
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