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wereunderyourbed t1_ivhud16 wrote

Every time I hear about the Jones act it seems like it was a terrible idea. Why don’t we just repeal it? It seems to do nothing positive.

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g_rich t1_ivids19 wrote

In 1920 during war time it made perfect sense to safeguard the US merchant fleet; in 2022 with globalization it makes less so. What they need to do is amend the act removing the requirement that the ships be built in the US to just be US flagged ships.

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