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Did you not read the entire thread above your post? The issue seems to be a combination of factors exacerbated by the state of california. Existing regs restr
by IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
Did you not read the entire thread above your post?
The issue seems to be a combination of factors exacerbated by the state of california.
Existing regs restricting storage space.
Existing regs restricting available trucking stuck holding containers
Existing regs disincentivizing labor or new owner operators.
All this is compounded it seems, by existing contracts limiting pay wait time.
So when wait time increases, due to
1)no space, (2)no trucks, and (3) no labor... mostly due to circumstances directly attributable to the state then nothing moves.
Where are the corporations making money off this ? Can you name them?
- atq2119 5y agoThe legal environment is not new to the companies operating in it. Nothing in that environment prevented them from preparing properly, yet they didn't. Example for why your argument doesn't hold water: one of the issues mentioned in the thread is that trucking companies can only stack containers two high in their yards. Well, what do you think would have happened if that regulation had been changed to six high (one of the suggestions) 20 years ago? Trucking companies would now own or lease smaller yards! GP is absolutely right that the capitalists need to foot the bill of clearing this mess. It does seem to me that government should step in to resolve the Gordic knot of coordination problems discussed elsewhere in the thread, but the companies who screwed it up in the first place need to be stuck with the bill. That's part of the deal of capitalism: you get the chance of profits, but also the risk of losses.