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Previous transportation bills have contained their share of "pork," to be sure. But the recent bill, larded with allocations for 6,376 such "special interest projects," set an all-time record.
It used to be as easy as picking up the phone. But these days, finding a trucker to move your freight calls for creativity, flexibility and all the powers of persuasion you can muster.
Deregulators may have won the election, but that doesn't mean Washington isn't cooking up lots of new rules that will have a direct effect on your business.
Rubbing shoulders with members of a middlemen's trade group may seem an unlikely way to get an insider's view of the political process, but the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, or NAW, isn't just any trade association.