For anyone wondering if Bush will work with Democrats on the "economic stimulus" plan, this should remove any doubt. While this may be helpful (again) to big business, this does nothing to help average Americans. Haven't the GOP special interests pilfered the American system enough?
The decision to proceed with the four-month-old program, which allows participating Mexican trucking companies to send loads throughout the United States, comes despite language in the recently signed catchall spending bill aimed at blocking it.
But the Department of Transportation is taking advantage of a loophole in the new law, which prohibits the government from spending any money to "establish" the program. The government says the new rules don't apply to the current program since it was started in September.
