[Alberta's Child]

I deal with this sort of thing periodically in my line of work. I’ve long advocated a revision of the Jones Act that leaves most of its provisions intact but removes the prohibition against foreign-flagged vessels for domestic shipping routes to Hawaii and Alaska.

[Bogey78O]

That’s about it. As far as security and domestic benefit, most of the act is fine.

[DoodleDawg]

I’ve long advocated a revision of the Jones Act that leaves most of its provisions intact but removes the prohibition against foreign-flagged vessels for domestic shipping routes to Hawaii and Alaska.

Then why leave the rest?

[jobim]

Correct. Here in Hawaii the Jones Act functions as an outdated engine of our high cost of living, needlessly so.

[Cold Heart]

I used to deal with that sort of thing everyday in my line of work because that was my line of work.

One of the down falls of Great Britain was started by them giving up most of their merchant marine to foreigners.

This is analogous of sending all our manufacturing to China.
How did that turn out.

Getting rid of the Jones Act or even part of it is a globalist view.