[1rudeboy]

LOL—if we have to waive the Jones Act every time there’s a crisis, don’t you think we should reexamine the Jones Act?

[Fedupwithit]

OK, if you are a terrorist group with the means to get a hold of a ship, doesn’t this seem like a ‘welcome mat’ to cause some serious destruction in downtown NYC??

[darkwing104]

Did they ask the Unions for their permission?

[VRWC For Truth]

the Jones Act, was created to support jobs in the maritime industry

Very likely it actually eliminates jobs. Tip of the iceberg of how DC intervention in economic activity does not work.

[fishtank]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920

[Kandy Atz]

Didn’t Obama refuse to waive the Jones Act during the BP spill when foreign ships offered assistance with the clean up?

[JoeFromSidney]

Some years ago I took a cruise to Alaska. Now the logical place to begin an Alaskan cruise is Seattle. However, the cruise ship was a Dutch liner. Because of the Jones Act, the line can't take passengers from Settle to Alaska. So it leaves from Vancouver, just across the Canadian border. All the shore activities associated with the cruise, such as refueling and re-supplying the ship, take place in Vancouver. If tourists arrive early, they spend money in Vancouver. In short, a lot of money that would logically be spent in Seattle is instead spent in Vancouver. All in the name of preserving jobs aboard ship for American sailors.

The Jones Act doesn't preserve American maritime jobs, or American shipbuilding jobs. Instead it enriches Canadians.

[GeronL]

SO we need big government in times of emergency to remove big government in order to start the recovery.

got it. NY Times won’t admit it. lol