In recent decades, presidents in both parties have suspended the Jones act during crises because it’s a roadblock to commerce, a burden on American businesses and a harmful tax on consumers. It shouldn’t take another war to convince Congress to lift it for good.

 

The Iran War Should Be the End of the Jones Act

By Michael R. Bloomberg

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, and the founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies.