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Show Deregulation of the airline industry has turned out to be- a "bitter pill" for many congressmen and consumers to swallow. Instead of trimming trim-ming costs as billed, deregulation deregu-lation has seen the cost of air cargo rise by 40 percent and a cutback in insurance and liability. In the past ton yours, regulated truck transportation transporta-tion costs (measured in con-slant con-slant 19G7 dollars) have actually declined. Nevertheless, Neverthe-less, some determined congressional con-gressional doregulators now want to deregulate trucking. 'Ilio International Brotherhood Brother-hood of Teamsters points out that to do so could result in higher insurance costs, wasted fuel, and higher freight rales. |