Trump campaigned on getting the economy going again. To do that, he can eliminate outdated transportation regulations, like the Jones Act, that keep the cost of shipping goods high.
Various sources of libertarian thought have been astroturfing this issue since at least the G.W. Bush administration. They have gotten no traction. They will continue to get no traction for at least another 4 years. Do you honestly think the same president that wants to rebuild America's manufacturing base and put in tariffs wants to outsource its transportation?
Don't disagree at all the the premise of sunsetting the Jones act. Harder, is trying to imagine emoting, liberal America, where if you crawl across the border and give birth, you have created an 'American Citizen' and how NYC matrons would deal with foreign born crews operating under industry-wide conditions. Or we could just crew the ships with ILA and then......
Various sources of libertarian thought have been astroturfing this issue since at least the G.W. Bush administration. They have gotten no traction. They will continue to get no traction for at least another 4 years. Do you honestly think the same president that wants to rebuild America's manufacturing base and put in tariffs wants to outsource its transportation?
Don't disagree at all the the premise of sunsetting the Jones act. Harder, is trying to imagine emoting, liberal America, where if you crawl across the border and give birth, you have created an 'American Citizen' and how NYC matrons would deal with foreign born crews operating under industry-wide conditions. Or we could just crew the ships with ILA and then......