When manufactures start manufacturing there will be freight. The only real thing moving is weapons of mass destruction and municipal infrastructure parts/equipment. This is all government "shovel ready" stimulus $'s.
All this is going to need to be re-paid by taxes. When/if "Obama care" hits the working man by IRS force there will be $250.00/month less in EVERY American's pocket. And our BC/BS benefits (unless exempted) will also be taxed, so less $'s in our pockets.
Government Union workers get taxpayer funded health care at +/- $11,000.00/yr per employee. YRC is private funded.
Unless we get on the backs of congress and force them to make it easier to manufacture in the USA than it is in China I don't see freight picking up like 05' 06' springtime.
I'm an economic recovery and one (maybe 2) retirement away from recall. Had 3 retire since Sept. 09'. Got to get west TX assembling more than over stocked wind turbines to get me rolling again.
Maybe $illZ and his bud'z at Goldman can get us stocking the NAFTA-GATT super highway going from Laredo to Kansas City and beyond?
We need America working before we will see much freight.