Alex Stevens 🗽
6.4K posts
@Alex____Stevens
Classical liberal. Pouncing, seizing, etc. DTW-DCA Views my own.
Waiving the Jones Act is a good step to reduce prices in the short term…. But if everyone acknowledges it lowers prices, Congress should permanently repeal it. Eliminating this non sensical protectionist policy would save Americans $769 million annually
PR importa la mayor parte de su gasolina desde países fuera de Estados Unidos, Caraballo Cueto, explicó que una de las razones por las que antes no se podía comprar combustible a suplidores estadounidenses era la limitación impuesta por la Ley Jones" elvocero.com/economia/suspe…
🚢 Big news for U.S. farmers: The Trump Administration is temporarily waiving the Jones Act to help keep fertilizer moving. This move opens up more shipping options, easing transportation challenges during the critical spring planting season. Read more: tfi.org/media-center/2…
FWIW, I recently asked @claudeai to calculate the economic gains for Hawaii in the short-, medium-, and long-term of the Jones Act's repeal. It produced a 26-page report that found a long-term benefit, after supply chains have fully adjusted, of $2.3 billion per year:
Only 2% of the oil used in U.S. domestic gas supplies comes through the Strait of Hormuz. Are we being gouged at the pump?
U.S. Maritime Administrator Carmel Warns U.S. Must Rebuild Entire Maritime ‘System,’ Not Just Shipyards gcaptain.com/u-s-maritime-a…
Sure looks to me like the giant fertilizer companies are price gouging farmers. Which drives farmers out of business and the price of food way up. Somebody needs to explain to them price gouging is illegal. So either stop or be investigated 👉
