Jones act hurting Puerto Rico?

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Originally posted by leilanidude

Did the late Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye do anything on this issue for Hawaii in his nearly 50 years in the position, even after rising to President pro tempore (3rd in line in succession to be president)?

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No, he did not support repeal of the Jones Act - and was quoted several times to that effect during his tenure.

Contrary to glinda's rant, I have always assumed that the deciding factor for Inouye was the union support for the Jones Act (maritime, longshorman's, etc.) from whom Senator Inouye always received strong support.

I will also take strong issue with Eric1600's comment that this is a small tax: a couple of years ago, I had a mainland shipping broker tell me that, for the cost of transporting each shipping container to me in Hawaii, he could ship two containers - ---- to India.