Boortz explains the century-old Jones Act and argues it has weakened America’s shipbuilding industry and merchant marine. He points to the U.S.’s limited commercial fleet, reliance on foreign ships for military transport, and opposition to repealing the law as reasons he believes the legislation should be scrapped.
The Jones Act is supposed to boost the U.S. merchant marine industry by requiring all shipping between U.S. points to use American-made, owned, crewed, and flagged ships. How has that worked for us? Right now, China has built about 4,000 merchant marine ships lately.
The United States has 92. – Neal Boortz
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