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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1033465)	10/10/2017 1:50:28 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575729

Trump loves the Jones Act because it's protectionist: Yet it hurts Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska and serves no national security purpose in the modern era: Colin Grabow? @cpgrabow Replying to @BobThaiger @HillSpiaire and 2 others The more you look into the natsec justification, the bigger of a joke it is. Excerpt from a CRS report fas.org A 1988 GAO report found that the Jones Act was costing Alaskan families between $1,921 and $4,821 annually for increased prices paid on goods shipped from the mainland.12 A Hawaii state representative asserted that “Hawaii residents pay an additional $1 billion per year in higher prices because of the Jones Act. This amounts to approximately $3,000 for every household in Hawaii.”13 A representative of business interests in Puerto Rico argued that their producers were placed at a disadvantage with respect to producers in Mexico because the cabotage laws raised shipping costs between the United States and Puerto Rico. Though passed for national security purposes, theJones Act is worthless for that nowadays: Colin Grabow? @cpgrabow Replying to @cpgrabow @BobThaiger and 3 others Also, when is the last time soldiers boarded a troopship? They are now flown to theaters of operation (amphibious assault ships excepted). jstor.org