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Maybe buy an old cruise ship and put it in international waters lol. That'd probably help get rid of some of the liability and zoning issues.
by Keverw 6y ago
Maybe buy an old cruise ship and put it in international waters lol. That'd probably help get rid of some of the liability and zoning issues.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoIf you have no liability / jurisdiction then contracts with you are unenforceable. And if a customer can't get a valid contract with you, that means no customers.
- Keverw 6y agoYeah, not sure how the cruise lines deal with this... I know some of them have offices in the US, some major ones pick Miami but the ships are owned and registered to off-shore nations. One of the reasons they didn't get a bailout due to COVID, they pay little taxes and then also can avoid more stricter US labor laws.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoAs you said, they're registered to off-shore nations, so that gives them a jurisdiction.
- LyndsySimon 6y agoIt’s been considered, and if memory serves, implemented a few times. I want to say someone put a ship full of migrant workers in international waters off the coast of California a few years ago. The concept is usually known as “seasteading” - though, to be fair, that term includes a good bit of political baggage as well.