Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Be that as it may, if the purported purpose of the 105 year old law was to keep the Merchant Marine going, and over that time it has taken a 95% hit, either it truly is unimportant or it should have been amended to something that actually works for the stated purpose.
Or you could say that without it, we'd have long ago lost any US flagged and staffed shipping capabilities. I'm sure you'd also support the ME3, Chinese and SE Asian flagged airlines operating BHM-ATL at 1/10th the price.