[phockthis]

we get that part...

What I don’t get is where you got this quote from???

“The boat was designed by and purchased from a company in Rhode Island, and it’s based in Newport at the Newport Shipyard for long-term maintenance, upkeep and charter purposes, not tax reasons,”

And a link to the “JONES ACT” would have been usefull also...

[wiggen]

Jones act was cited as the reason the aid ships offered to help with the gulf spill were initially told no. It took an exemption months later for them to be allowed in.
Mind you,from what i’ve read Obama could have told congress we need this temporary exemption and would have gotten it right away.

[Bon mots]

What I don’t get is where you got this quote from???

“The boat was designed by and purchased from a company in Rhode Island, and it’s based in Newport at the Newport Shipyard for long-term maintenance, upkeep and charter purposes, not tax reasons,”

And a link to the “JONES ACT” would have been usefull also...

The link I posted has the quote from Kerry's "Chief of Staff", David Wade in paragraph 7 on THIS PAGE.

Was linked.

The Jones Act

Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (A.K.A. "The Jones Act")