@PsychedelicBart I thought the point of bitcoin was storing your capital outside of the system so it can’t be seized or stolen. That’s why I “joined” anyways…
@chilicon73@WallStreetApes You’re free to believe that the money this would save the end consumer (which is greatly overstated) is worth the damage to American resiliency.
Just know, this is the same narrative that pushed the offshoring of American manufacturing in other industries.
Lost Independence.
@chilicon73@WallStreetApes You can have a foreign ship go to the east coast after dropping off cargo in LA.
There are also foreign ships that operate in the GOM.
Shipping laws have nothing to do with trucking freight. They compete with railways.
MARAD can’t maintain enough cargo capacity.
Sell out.
@chilicon73@WallStreetApes The purpose of the Jones Act is to maintain US Maritime Readiness. Without it, we lose the little US civilian maritime capabilities we currently have in times of crisis and war.
Sure without it foreign flagged ships can move our cargo from US port to US port for cheaper.
@chilicon73@WallStreetApes Yeah, let’s give the Chinese more of our money and hollow out our maritime industry more than it already has been 🤦🏼♂️
Why not have a foreigner living with every American household to cook for them while we are at it. We’d be so much better off in the long run.
Super safe.