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No New Arguments In Anti-Jones Act Attack
| 题名： | No New Arguments In Anti-Jones Act Attack |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | As a publication specializing in inland waterways, we are familiar with all of the arguments for and against the Jones Act, having made our share of pro arguments ourselves. We are used to the Jones Act being made a scapegoat to distract attention from all kinds of bad policy choices made by states and politicians.All these patterns hold for an anti-Jones Act piece that recently appeared in The Atlantic magazine. We were briefly intrigued by the click-bait headline, "The Obscure Maritime Law That Ruins Your Commute." We have heard the Jones Act accused of many things before, but what could the author mean? Would we be treated to a new argument on an old topic?No such luck. The author is from the Cato Institute, a long-standing and proud Jones Act opponent whose Jones Act attack pieces are often funded by oil companies, which would like to reduce their domestic shipping costs. The "ruins your commute" angle is a claim that congested road traffic along the Northeast corridor would be much reduced if the Jones Act were not there. "The law ... forces unwitting north-easterners to be stuck on 1-95 surrounded by smog-producing 18-wheelers hauling trailers that could have been traveling between the Ports of New York and Boston on compact, low-emission ships that the Jones Act has made cost-prohibitive." Unfortunately, the author merely asserts this claim without any evidence to support it. |
| 出版年： | 2023 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 49 |
| 页码： | 4-4 |
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