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It wouldn't be fair for the cost of this national objective to fall onto Hawaii alone.



Agreed.

And not only Hawaii, many other places too. The costs fell on Puerto Rico when Congress refused to lift the Jones requirements to ease shipping costs even after the hurricane left them desperate for supplies. I guess the national priority fo ensuring a home-based merchant marine fleet outweighed people's need for toilet paper and medical supplies.




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