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Isn't the Jones Act the same act that has to be waived every time Puerto Rico needs aid? Sounds like a terrible legacy law that needs to be reworked.
by ckdarby 3y ago
Isn't the Jones Act the same act that has to be waived every time Puerto Rico needs aid?
Sounds like a terrible legacy law that needs to be reworked.
- WorldMaker 3y agoAlso the same act that makes cruise ship itineraries sometimes weirder and maybe more expensive than they need to be, because the Jones Act applies to passenger travel as well as cargo. (Cruise ships can't just do Florida to Puerto Rico to Florida nor California to Hawaii to California, for two instances, unless they are US flagged and most of the cruise ship companies are not US flagged. To be fair, the company flags that aren't historic like Holland America's actual Dutch origins are mostly tax dodges, but the Jones Act isn't the best way to discourage tax dodgers.)