Democrats' war on transportation

  Detroit is a mess. Just about everyone knows this except, apparently, the union members who keep insisting on more money, more "security," more government intervention.
  New laws that passed as of January 1, 2012, change the standards under which truck drivers can drive, limiting the number and timing of hours drivers can drive, allowing Mexican truckers to not meet our standards but drive freely through the country, expelling pollution
  From American Thinker, we learn the extent of the complicity of the Democrat party in destroying transportation in this country. "Green" demands have changed the face of the nation; we are at the mercy of oil producing countries even though there are oil reserves in this country which go untapped:

At every level, the Democratic Party -- not just the Obama administration, but their congressional leadership and the green front groups that they've spawned throughout the land -- assaults everyone involved in transportation on a daily basis.  Their willful choices have raised the cost of fuel, hammered our manufacturing sector, made work more costly, and rendered vacationing prohibitive. 

And all this is without even considering the other tangential effects of their policies.  The excessive importation of oil wreaks havoc on our currency, our foreign policy, our investments.  The ARRA "stimulus" doubled the cost of federal highway repairs, through Davis-Bacon-style labor requirements, providing half as many repairs as the money should have produced.  And the Obama recession leaves cities, counties, and states too strapped for upkeep of their own existing roadways, let alone for building new ones, driving up toll and tax rates.  With every misstep, they make driving more painful, dangerous, and costly for everyone.

  Mead writes of Detroit's distress, socially, politically and economically:

Detroit is Ground Zero for the breakdown of the Blue Social Model. The city built on Fordism (mass production, mass manufacturing, strong government, lifetime employment, unionization) has fallen on hard times with the end of the Fordist era.

  While one could hope the OTHER party (aka The Stupid Party who are too politically connected and afraid to try anything that might work) might come around in time to save some of the industries in this country, it is just a hope.
  It will take much more than a few tweaks to set us on the right track.