Here's an anecdote from MaClean thread in Boneyard , might simplify point for you:
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I had many friends and family members who were among those losing their jobs. I was with Johnson Motor Lines when Johnson closed the doors in 1980, I was an owner-operator with Johnson and just as the company drivers, the owner-operators were Teamsters. Before deregulation, I was pulling freight out of Baltimore, Md. to Pineville, La paying $2300, after deregulation the "cut-throats" started pulling the same load for $1200. Now remember what fuel prices were in '79 and the cost of truck maintenance and then compare the
"bottom line" then and now.
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Jan 12, 2011
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