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When will the USA get rid of the JONES Act? It does not make sense to have it anymore!!
Posted on 2/17/26 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 2/17/26 at 3:55 pm
The USA has more river miles than any country in the world yet only 1% of all cargo is shipped. Yet, it is prohibitively expensive to use shipping internally due to the cost imposed by the Jones Act. Instead we move it all internally, across country, by trucks. It certainly does not make sense now.
Can you imagine the relief while driving on the interstate highways from the exponentially reduced number of tractor trailers we could expect with shipping providing the need for a more local delivery component? The building of additional ports would create jobs as well.
It will not happen tomorrow, but over the course of 2 decades, one could see huge change and less cost. After all, shipping, though slow, is very inexpensive. The added bonus of far less highway wear and tear is a huge plus as well.
End the JONES ACT Now!!
Can you imagine the relief while driving on the interstate highways from the exponentially reduced number of tractor trailers we could expect with shipping providing the need for a more local delivery component? The building of additional ports would create jobs as well.
It will not happen tomorrow, but over the course of 2 decades, one could see huge change and less cost. After all, shipping, though slow, is very inexpensive. The added bonus of far less highway wear and tear is a huge plus as well.
End the JONES ACT Now!!
This post was edited on 2/17/26 at 5:38 pm
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Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:29 pm to Timeoday
Because if we do get rid of it, our ports and rivers will be filled with Chinese and Indian mariners running into bridges, dumping oil and spying on the US. We won’t have a merchant marine and China will have the upper hand in moving troops and supplies.
The Jones Act is a band aid until the US wakes up and starts building our own ships and trains our young men and women to work at sea.
The Jones Act is a band aid until the US wakes up and starts building our own ships and trains our young men and women to work at sea.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:41 pm to Timeoday
The video is really aimed at the tariffs.
Jones Act should be repealed, for sure, but I don't like his suggestion regarding transport of goods. This will create the same bottleneck we see with meat processors as ports will be bought and controlled by just a few entities. Goods will go up in price. Also, this is a recipe for autonomous trucks and the disappearance of tens of thousands of jobs.
We need to make trucking American again. American trucking is unique and we should insure it's not destroyed. If anything, expand highways for truck-only lanes. Trucking insures decentralized supply which is why none of us have ever experienced true shortages in our lifetimes. Take away truckers or create bottlenecks at the ports, and we'll see shortages. Get rid of the foreign drivers. That is the most pressing issue with regard to trucks. I love seeing trucks on the roads. That is how America operates. It's how we are supplied. If the roadways are the nations arteries, trucks are the red blood cells delivering oxygen.
Repeal the Jones Act but don't mess with trucking. That would be disastrous.
Jones Act should be repealed, for sure, but I don't like his suggestion regarding transport of goods. This will create the same bottleneck we see with meat processors as ports will be bought and controlled by just a few entities. Goods will go up in price. Also, this is a recipe for autonomous trucks and the disappearance of tens of thousands of jobs.
We need to make trucking American again. American trucking is unique and we should insure it's not destroyed. If anything, expand highways for truck-only lanes. Trucking insures decentralized supply which is why none of us have ever experienced true shortages in our lifetimes. Take away truckers or create bottlenecks at the ports, and we'll see shortages. Get rid of the foreign drivers. That is the most pressing issue with regard to trucks. I love seeing trucks on the roads. That is how America operates. It's how we are supplied. If the roadways are the nations arteries, trucks are the red blood cells delivering oxygen.
Repeal the Jones Act but don't mess with trucking. That would be disastrous.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:45 pm to Timeoday
Sorry my rig shakes your Prius baw
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:45 pm to SeaBass23
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Because if we do get rid of it, our ports and rivers will be filled with Chinese and Indian mariners running into bridges, dumping oil and spying on the US. We won’t have a merchant marine and China will have the upper hand in moving troops and supplies.
The Jones Act is a band aid until the US wakes up and starts building our own ships and trains our young men and women to work at sea.
I swear I see chinese and indian restaurants, truckers, massage parlors, etc. I mean, chinese and indians are everywhere yet, for some reason, we don't allow them to ship directly.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:48 pm to SNAP
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Repeal the Jones Act but don't mess with trucking. That would be disastrous.
You would still need trucks to transport locally with a need for long haul as well from the ports.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:49 pm to Timeoday
30-40 years ago you would see a lot of barges going up and down the Missouri River between KCMO and Omaha NE carrying grain, fertilizer, aggregates, etc. Barge traffic peaked in 1977 between KCMO and Omaha NE at approximately 3-4 million tons annually. Total tonnage today is less than 1.5 million tons.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:50 pm to Timeoday
It’s hard keeping up with the Joneses.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:51 pm to el Gaucho
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Sorry my rig shakes your Prius baw
Yep, I am the guy that brakes in front of you on a hill to watch your reaction while laughing the next 20 minutes knowing you had to do a little shifting. Hopefully, you didn't mess your britches.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:51 pm to Timeoday
Until the UFLCIO and its subsidary union SIU (seafarers intl union) and possibly the longshormen are disolved, the jones act will never go away.
That said, those are American jobs that will go away of that happens.
I am no fans of unions, especially the SIU, of which i was a member for 4 years sailing as assistant cook on cruise ships than as cheif cook on deap sea cargo in the pacific, far east runs.
That said, those are American jobs that will go away of that happens.
I am no fans of unions, especially the SIU, of which i was a member for 4 years sailing as assistant cook on cruise ships than as cheif cook on deap sea cargo in the pacific, far east runs.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:52 pm to PsychTiger
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It’s hard keeping up with the Joneses.
You must be a Cowboy fan!!
Posted on 2/17/26 at 4:54 pm to Timeoday
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Yep, I am the guy that brakes in front of you on a hill to watch your reaction while laughing the next 20 minutes knowing you had to do a little shifting. Hopefully, you didn't mess your britches.
Don’t wear em when I’m working the zipper gets tangled in the piss jug nozzle
Posted on 2/17/26 at 5:01 pm to Timeoday
No, but I did just visit Noble Jones’ Wormsloe Plantation outside Savannah over the weekend.
This post was edited on 2/17/26 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 2/17/26 at 5:46 pm to Timeoday
The Jones Act is responsible for the size and scope of the Alexandria, Shreveport and Monroe ports.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 5:55 pm to TigerAllNightLong
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The Jones Act is responsible for the size and scope of the Alexandria, Shreveport and Monroe ports.
The Jones Act prevents the use of shipping by boat as a primary component due to its regulatory emphasis on the ship and its crew. If we do not have the Jones Act, we get far more ships. FAR MORE!!
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:09 pm to SeaBass23
The Jones Act serves a valid purpose, and I doubt it’s going anywhere soon.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:23 pm to Timeoday
What would be the impact to our rivers?
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:24 pm to Timeoday
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The Jones Act prevents the use of shipping by boat as a primary component due to its regulatory emphasis on the ship and its crew. If we do not have the Jones Act, we get far more ships. FAR MORE!!
Why so we can have more ships piloted by foreigners run into important things like piers and bridges and kill people? No thank you.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:25 pm to Timeoday
Everyone in favor of repealing it is fricking stupid, shortsighted and did I mention fricking stupid.
While were at it lets push through legislation for special H1 visas for truck drivers. This way all the road freight will move cheaper. No harm no foul right? Those Indian and Mexican Baws drive just as good as our Baws dont they? Who cares if they went to the Hamas trucking academy. This is the land of opportunity I'm sure they would never harm any of us intentionally.
I think we should also make special H1 visas for airline pilots and flight attendants. I'm sure everyone will feel totally safe with a foreign born non English speaking pilot and crew. Who cares if they went to flight school in Trashcanistan I'm sure they're harmless. Instead of hearing the final descent announcement we just get an aloha snackbar and find the crew huddled in the back doing a final salat before "landing".
While were at it lets push through legislation for special H1 visas for truck drivers. This way all the road freight will move cheaper. No harm no foul right? Those Indian and Mexican Baws drive just as good as our Baws dont they? Who cares if they went to the Hamas trucking academy. This is the land of opportunity I'm sure they would never harm any of us intentionally.
I think we should also make special H1 visas for airline pilots and flight attendants. I'm sure everyone will feel totally safe with a foreign born non English speaking pilot and crew. Who cares if they went to flight school in Trashcanistan I'm sure they're harmless. Instead of hearing the final descent announcement we just get an aloha snackbar and find the crew huddled in the back doing a final salat before "landing".
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:16 pm to WeeWee
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Why so we can have more ships piloted by foreigners run into important things like piers and bridges and kill people? No thank you.
In 2023, 5,472 people lost their lives in traffic crashes involving large trucks across the United States, according to the latest data. This marked an 8% decrease from the 5,969 fatalities recorded in 2022, though the overall trend over the past decade has shown a rise in fatal truck crashes.
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