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Many US truck drivers are owner-operators. They pay their own taxes and only have to keep driver logs. They are audited as often as the average American. Buying
by ryanmarsh 8y ago
Many US truck drivers are owner-operators. They pay their own taxes and only have to keep driver logs. They are audited as often as the average American. Buying stolen gasoline is a no brainer.
- pier25 8y agoSure, but do you think the number of taxi and truck drivers is larger than the number of drug users? Also, do you think the profits are so big that gangs would fight for territory to be able to sell illegal gasoline? I seriously doubt it.
- nyolfen 8y ago>They found it extremely profitable, with no need to smuggle the product across the increasingly militarized U.S. border, and with a much broader market than illegal drugs. “Everybody needs gasoline,” El Polkas says. “You’re always going to have customers. Especially when it’s cheap.”
- nyolfen 8y agoi guess my eyes skipped over this the first time, but: >Also, do you think the profits are so big that gangs would fight for territory to be able to sell illegal gasoline? the article says this very thing in fact occurs!
- exabrial 8y ago*Diesel
- GordonS 8y agoIf gasoline theft was to become prevelant in the US, surely the authorities and regulators would be in a much better position to take action than those in Mexico? (Mexico less so, largely because the cartels were borne into existence because of the prohibition of drugs) Also, isn't being an owner-operator a good reason to play by the rules? By using stolen fuel you'd be risking a very expensive asset, and indeed your livelihood.