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Re:America has a truck driver shortage by joe_the_user on Monday May 28, 2018 @08:17PM (#17175556)
This is the nature of truck driving, the headline has been $100k/yr job without the need of a degree for years, but in actuality, only those who work very hard & cheat the books get close to that.

No, trucking was a decent living 'till deregulation in the 90s.

"How Trucking Went From One of the Best Jobs in America to One of the Worst" http://time.com/money/4325164/trucking-worst-job/

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Re:America has a truck driver shortage by lazyasciiart on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:02AM (#17176394)
"No" is an incorrect response. The 90s is two decades ago. Your comment doesn't contradict the previous one at all.
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Re:America has a truck driver shortage by michaelt on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @05:47AM (#17177738)
Presumably he was contradicting "This is the nature of truck driving" - saying, in other words, that the problem isn't inherent to truck driving but rather came about due to deregulation.
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