Repeal the Jones Act of 1920
I propose that the following # policy proposals, about repealing the Jones Act, get merged:
Written by @evan.rawls
The Jones Act of 1920 requires that in order to operate a ship in domestic US trade, the ship must be 100% US built, US owned, and US crewed. In practice this policy has effectively prevented the US from utilizing its extensive waterways network to bring down domestic shipping costs. With a platform of reshoring US domestic production, repealing the Jones Act would bring down domestic shipping costs tremendously.
Skeptics of repealing the Jones Act fairly point out national security concerns. P…
Written by @jeyka444
The Jones Act, formally known as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried on ships that are U.S.-built, -owned, -crewed, and -flagged. While it was originally intended to support a strong merchant marine for national security and economic reasons, its impact on states and territories like Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, and other locations reliant on shipping has sparked significant debate.
Critics argue that the Jones Act has beco…
Written by @AndrewG
Here are severalreasons why the repeal of the Jones Act (Merchant Marine Act of 1920) would be beneficial:
The Jones Act mandates that all goods transported between U.S. ports must be carried by U.S.-built, U.S.-owned, and U.S.-flagged ships, which significantly increases shipping costs. Studies, including those from the OECD, suggest that the repeal of the Jones Act could lead to economic gains for the U.S. economy, potentially in the range of $19 billion to $64 billion annually by increasi…
Written by @FrDavidR
The merchant marine act of 1920 aka the jones act must be repealed immediately. This will give Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska and Guam economic freedom and win those places over to trump and the Republican Party.
Economic and civic freedom and liberty go together. Until those places have true economic freedom there will be no real full civic freedom and prosperity.
Written by @tedrick
The Jones act requires that all vessels engaged in commercial transportation on US navigable waterways to be built in the United States. While I think this is an admirable goal, it had the effect of essentially ending a lot of water transportation on American Rivers. This made it necessary to have a lot more transportation on American highways, creating traffic problems. If we could go back to transporting on waterways, I think that would only be good.
Written by @Daniel_Ambrose
#7 @MiddleMountain
Repeal the Jones Act which requires that all shipping within the US is done on US ships and sailors. Also outsource military shipbuilding to allies.
This law has not stimulated domestic shipping or shipbuilding but has instead caused it to stagnate and decline. This is not well known but US shipbuilding is an expensive and slow disaster. The Littoral Combat Ship program was an enormous waste of time and money, and our deficit is exploding.
Korea and Japan are far more efficient at building shi…
These proposals advocate eliminating or modifying the Jones Act and should be merged into one proposal for voting and discussion.
Why I believe Repealing might be the free market approach, it will harm domestic ship building. China, Japan, South Korea, and the EU states are using subsidies to prop up their shipbuilding industries which put our ship building industries at a disadvantage. Yes, we could try to compete against other countries with our own subsidies but they will respond with an increase subsidies.