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> How about we let Finland build the icebreakers We can't. Jones Act.
by cyberax 2y ago
> How about we let Finland build the icebreakers
We can't. Jones Act.
- roywiggins 2y ago"The culprit here isn’t the Jones Act, but another protectionist shipbuilding law that requires Naval and Coast Guard ships to be built in U.S. shipyards. It’s possible to waive this requirement via presidential authorization[0], but there hasn’t appeared to be much interest in this." [0] https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/yes-the-us-coast-guard-can-build https://sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/yes-the-us-coast-gu... "In practice Congress would need to support such a plan by appropriating funds for the project."
- mmooss 2y agoWe can change the law. It happens every day.
- roywiggins 2y agoEspecially since Congress needed to allocate funds for the project anyway, just pass a law that says "buy some ice breakers from Finland, notwithstanding any other laws, and here's 1 billion dollars to do it."
- xyzzyz 2y agoYes, but repeals of very actively enforced law that's over 100 years old do not happen every day.