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Why should the USA maintain a merchant fleet? We already rely on foreign owned and operated ships for the majority of our shipping.
by dantheman 5y ago
Why should the USA maintain a merchant fleet? We already rely on foreign owned and operated ships for the majority of our shipping.
- colechristensen 5y agoBecause it is an essential piece of infrastructure and without it you lose power to others around the world who would use it to control you. The cost of not having one is hard to put a number on but very likely much higher than the savings of offshoring all of your shipping.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoMoving strategic assets between ports.
- gowld 5y agoLook at China -- We rely on China for the US economy, so US is powerless to stop China's human rights abuses.