Independent truckers planning shutdown
They want Washington to address rising fuel costs
Posted: March 28, 2008
10:00 pm Eastern © 2008 WorldNetDailyCrude oil is running $100 a barrel and it costs $50 instead of $35 to fill your car, but you carpool occasionally and watch the number of trips across town so you’re doing all right so far. But what happens when, in addition to the $50 fillup, your groceries go from $80 to $120 and you hunt for new jeans but the shelves don’t even have your size?
That’s the very real possibility that is triggering an unofficial nationwide call for a shutdown by thousands of independent truck operators who deliver those supplies – all sparked by the rising costs of fuel.
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