Benjamin Netanyahu
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Because as with every other industry, just like in the private equity playbook, trucking has figured out how to not just make humans replaceable, but how to actually profit off of their replacement. First, they recruit dishonestly, convincing people to take out lines of credit for the opportunity.
Because as with every other industry, just like in the private equity playbook, trucking has figured out how to not just make humans replaceable, but how to actually profit off of their replacement. First, they recruit dishonestly, convincing people to take out lines of credit for the opportunity.
And then, they pay them the lowest possible wages, or training wages, while simultaneously unlocking a critical new superpower. They can force you to drive in pairs. And when you're driving in pairs, you are not bound by law to take the same number of breaks to stop to sleep like a solo driver would be. Suddenly, trips can be completed in far less time and drivers work for far lower pay.
And then, they pay them the lowest possible wages, or training wages, while simultaneously unlocking a critical new superpower. They can force you to drive in pairs. And when you're driving in pairs, you are not bound by law to take the same number of breaks to stop to sleep like a solo driver would be. Suddenly, trips can be completed in far less time and drivers work for far lower pay.
And then, they pay them the lowest possible wages, or training wages, while simultaneously unlocking a critical new superpower. They can force you to drive in pairs. And when you're driving in pairs, you are not bound by law to take the same number of breaks to stop to sleep like a solo driver would be. Suddenly, trips can be completed in far less time and drivers work for far lower pay.
Lynn, who we met at the beginning of this episode, she was making a little over a dollar per mile, which is still left or broke and destitute at the end of a 70-hour work week on the road nonstop. Studenten-Drivers sind oft mit 12 Cent pro Meile bezahlt. Du könntest fast 10 Studenten-Drivers für den Preis von Lynn's starvation wages hirten.
Lynn, who we met at the beginning of this episode, she was making a little over a dollar per mile, which is still left or broke and destitute at the end of a 70-hour work week on the road nonstop. Studenten-Drivers sind oft mit 12 Cent pro Meile bezahlt. Du könntest fast 10 Studenten-Drivers für den Preis von Lynn's starvation wages hirten.
Lynn, who we met at the beginning of this episode, she was making a little over a dollar per mile, which is still left or broke and destitute at the end of a 70-hour work week on the road nonstop. Studenten-Drivers sind oft mit 12 Cent pro Meile bezahlt. Du könntest fast 10 Studenten-Drivers für den Preis von Lynn's starvation wages hirten.
Auch wenn man in Teams fährt, sind das vier oder fünf Mal so viele Trucks auf der Straße. Student-Drivers are the cash cow that the modern trucking industry lives off of. Trucker Desiree Wood said in the book, "...there is so much money in students. They work so cheap, 12 to 13 cents a mile. It pays for the entire system.
Auch wenn man in Teams fährt, sind das vier oder fünf Mal so viele Trucks auf der Straße. Student-Drivers are the cash cow that the modern trucking industry lives off of. Trucker Desiree Wood said in the book, "...there is so much money in students. They work so cheap, 12 to 13 cents a mile. It pays for the entire system.
Auch wenn man in Teams fährt, sind das vier oder fünf Mal so viele Trucks auf der Straße. Student-Drivers are the cash cow that the modern trucking industry lives off of. Trucker Desiree Wood said in the book, "...there is so much money in students. They work so cheap, 12 to 13 cents a mile. It pays for the entire system.
And a lot of these trainers have been driving less than six months themselves." She goes on to say, "...this is not far from sharecropping. It's debt bondage. It's sharecropping where instead of the field, they are tenants on wheels." So, that's one side of the story, a side most Americans don't know about.
And a lot of these trainers have been driving less than six months themselves." She goes on to say, "...this is not far from sharecropping. It's debt bondage. It's sharecropping where instead of the field, they are tenants on wheels." So, that's one side of the story, a side most Americans don't know about.
And a lot of these trainers have been driving less than six months themselves." She goes on to say, "...this is not far from sharecropping. It's debt bondage. It's sharecropping where instead of the field, they are tenants on wheels." So, that's one side of the story, a side most Americans don't know about.
But now I want to take it to a conversation Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro had about six years ago to voice another side of the story so we can really grasp the whole complexity of this issue.
But now I want to take it to a conversation Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro had about six years ago to voice another side of the story so we can really grasp the whole complexity of this issue.
But now I want to take it to a conversation Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro had about six years ago to voice another side of the story so we can really grasp the whole complexity of this issue.
I used to hold the same view. And in some ways I still do. Because already driverless semi-trucks are on the highways of America. And it's only a matter of years before this industry, one of the largest sectors of employment in America, is largely replaced by robots and AI. But Tucker uses a phrase that I want to highlight. He said, decent people living happy lives.
I used to hold the same view. And in some ways I still do. Because already driverless semi-trucks are on the highways of America. And it's only a matter of years before this industry, one of the largest sectors of employment in America, is largely replaced by robots and AI. But Tucker uses a phrase that I want to highlight. He said, decent people living happy lives.
I used to hold the same view. And in some ways I still do. Because already driverless semi-trucks are on the highways of America. And it's only a matter of years before this industry, one of the largest sectors of employment in America, is largely replaced by robots and AI. But Tucker uses a phrase that I want to highlight. He said, decent people living happy lives.