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I wonder why we don't have more laws that gradually change things. Like instead of having jones act or no jones act as the only two options what if we could slo
by changoplatanero 5y ago
I wonder why we don't have more laws that gradually change things. Like instead of having jones act or no jones act as the only two options what if we could slowly remove the jones act at a rate of 3% per year or whatever? It could begin to improve things for people but also give the domestic industry some time to adapt.
- tablespoon 5y ago>> Jones Act itself is a problem, and a blessing. It ensures a US maritime industry but has due to lack of competition left it so far behind the world standard that the minute it is removed the entire sector will go bankrupt from international competition. > I wonder why we don't have more laws that gradually change things. Like instead of having jones act or no jones act as the only two options what if we could slowly remove the jones act at a rate of 3% per year or whatever? It could begin to improve things for people but also give the domestic industry some time to adapt. Because maybe that would just draw out the failure, while still failing to achieve some of the main goals of the Jones Act? Economic "efficiency" is not the only goal that should be pursued, which the events of the last few years should have made clear.