Thank you for shedding more light on that aspect of things. I'm sorry that I'm wrong but glad to be corrected. It still leaves us with the question; "what can the government do to make American companies take this deal?" If American companies dropped out of this business on their own that's freedom of choice. If the suggestion is that taxpayers subsidize this industry, which is obviously bigger money than bailing out Chrysler, I'm deadset against that. I'd rather see foreign companies offer a good service at a competitive price. We regulate the security and I'm satisified with that.
Like I said, it's just not the whole truth and you weren't totally wrong, but having that information does change the way I perceive the situation.
Like you, of course I'd rather see American companies managing American port terminals, but there is no way that I think the government should come in and try to 'fix it'. The business decisions that were made, we made legally and freely by American companies. Their profit margin wasn't high enough so they sold out to foreign investors. Now at this late stage of the game it would be expensive as hell to get back on top and I don't think it's the government's job to intervene.