I won't even get into your Vietnam comment because this isn't the politics forum, and even in this politics forum, I try to not get too involved because politics isn't my reason for keeping this community open.
However........
It is clear that you, freedomroad, have some sort of plan in place to steer the trucking industry toward the direction that you feel it should be steered.
If you want to take this plan seriously, and if you feel there enough in this industry that will want to push forward with your plan, then you need to take it seriously, and this is where it gets tough.
You need to:
- Formally start an organization.
Mission statement, plan of action, and specific stances on current issues and what you plan to do that is better
- Create an online presence for this organization (build a website)
- Promote your organization
This costs money, and likely lots of money, because advertising is not cheap.
- Build your organization
Area/State/Regional reps, all promoting the same ideas, and all understanding a common goal.
- And Finally, Stand firm in your mission
If you ever get to the point where you plan becomes a success, there will be pressure from others to sway you into things via money, favors, and other typical political BS. Stand Strong.
Not to be rude, but coming to this trucking forum and talking about doing something is basically doing nothing. We likely won't stop you from doing so until it looks as though your sole presence here is to promote your own organization (lots of latitude given for solid community members), but you can talk until you are blue in the face on a forum like this about "doing something", but until you formally start and go through with something, it is simply talk.
Lots of people show up here when they have something to promote and/or ideas to fix trucking. They show up at other forums as well, but they are generally shown the door via a quick banning. No intentions of running anybody off here, but just want you, and everyone else reading threads by you or anybody else who is out to push for change, to understand that talk is simply talk, and nothing more.
Bottom line is, the more time you spend posting here about how messed up things are, the more time you are wasting that could be spent moving forward with you plan of action.
I personally will support any organization that I feel is on the right track of doing something positive for the industry. I happily pay my memberships to some of them now, and have been asked to represent one of them, which I would if I had the time to properly do the job. I have also thought about getting a grass roots effort going myself, but realize that I don't have the time to properly devote to it, therefore it isn't happening at this time.