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“Take the money we're no longer “He wanted

spending at war, use half of it to pay tHe company
to last and
down our debt, and use the rest to do to provide
some nation-building right here at home.” jobs and serve

—President Barack obama referring to the way Congress could pay for infrastructure customers
improvements during his State of the Union speech.
forever and
tHat’s wHat

“As long as I am governor, I will we’re going to
try to do.”
never take funds from the general —Chris lofgren, president and CEO of

revenue for highway funding.” Schneider National, reflecting on Don
Schneider, a trucking industry pioneer who
—arkansas governor Mike Beebe on whether he might divert funds from the general guided his family’s truckload business into
treasury to the state highway department. one of the largest in the United States,
and who died in January at the age of 76.

“On any “It is still very difficult

for small to medium size
given day, secure adequate financing
trucking companies to

all it takes is for receivables and truck

and trailer purchases.”
a ‘boo’ and —andy ahern, the trucking industry expert who specializes in mergers and
acquisitions, on the new challenges facing carriers.

people will “Growth should be sufficient to keep

pull back.” the balance firmly in favor of trucking

—ron huibers, president of Volvo Trucks
North America, explaining that while carriers throughout the year.”
2012 looks even better than its record
production year in 2011, successful
companies must always keep an eye on —larry gross, senior consultant for FTR, a transportation management consulting
the “almost digital” quickness with which firm, on its “Trucking Conditions Index” showing industry improvements for the
the U.S. marketplace can change. third straight month.

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