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The Jones Act dates to 1920.
Between 1940 and 1945 the US was making cargo ships faster than Germany and Japan, combined, could make torpedoes.
Almost all of the ship building capacity is now gone, but if the Jones act was solely responsible, it would have been missing in 1940 when we started cranking out ships to supply England.
It wasn't just cargo ships. We made a fuck ton of other ships as well, in particular destroyers.
Eliminating the Jones act isn't going to address some fundamental aspects of making things in the US and one must look squarely into the face of environmental regulation and labor unions.
Because killing the Jones act will create a situation like making cars. Japan and Korea do a great job of keeping market share here, don't they?
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