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Another fun one that is the Jones Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 My T
by kyrra 5y ago
Another fun one that is the Jones Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
My TLDR is that you have to use american-made ships when transporting product from 1 US port to another.
The US government regularly suspends the act, like it did during the recent oil issue on the east coast: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/biden-lifts-u-s-ship-mandate-to-ease-gasoline-shortages https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-13/biden-lif...
The CATO institute (right leaning group) pushed to drop it 2.5 years ago: https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/jones-act-burden-america-can-no-longer-bear https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/jones-act-...
- protomyth 5y agoI still think an amendment to suspend the act for Hawaii and Alaska would be a good first step. [edit] and cruise ships