Actually about 180,000 direct jobs. Not including preriferal jobs like restaurants, shops and hotel jobs. It's significant. And they build their ships overseas because cruise ships aren't built in the US. Probably cost issues there, along with the fact that experienced shipyards are all overseas. Not to suggest a US shipyard couldn't build one, they build military and cargo vessels for the domestic market, but the talent isn't here. And century old laws prevent the market from developing.
#19 Plus Biden at a stroke of a pen could kill all the jobs just because.
Right, these people who “screw them they avoid US taxes” are short sight and under informed.