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> The Jones Act was supposed to help American shipbuilding Yes And this is what happens. Naive protectionism 101
by raverbashing 2y ago
> The Jones Act was supposed to help American shipbuilding
Yes
And this is what happens. Naive protectionism 101
- poisonarena 2y agochuckling to myself in my bed while reading this comment after working 12 hours on my oil tanker today. I am an OS in the SIU and i spend every night reading a little HN to motivate me to finish my software hobby projects so i can escape this hell
- walthamstow 2y agoMore power to you mate. I knew nothing when I first came here, now I've been a working SWE for 5 years.
- themaninthedark 2y agoGood luck! My brother is a Merchant Mariner, I think he is a First Mate now...he gets way better pay than I do but the working hours sound terrible. The shit that you guys went through with COVID with the extended rotations was hell.