Kokoke e hoʻouna ʻia nā mea a pau i ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi. Ke hilinaʻi nei ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka lawe ʻana mai, a ʻaʻole kōkua ka Jones Act a hoʻopuka i kahi monopoly i ka wā e pili ana i nā uku hoʻouna.
Ma Hawaii ua hoʻi hou ke kānāwai Jones i ka nūhou. ʻO ka Cato Institute he hale manaʻo libertarian noʻonoʻo ʻAmelika i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Wakinekona, DC i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Charles Koch Foundation ma 1974. Wahi a ka 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), ʻo Cato ka helu 15 ma ka "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" a me ka helu 10 ma ka "Top Think Tanks in the United States."
Heluhelu ʻia ka ʻaoʻao pūnaewele ʻo Cato Institute ma ke kānāwai Jones:
"Mai ka makahiki 1920, ua kauoha ʻo Jones Act i ka lawe ʻana i nā ukana ma waena o nā awa US e pono e hana ʻia e nā moku i kūkulu ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika, nona ka US, nā hae US, a me nā moku US. Hoʻoholo ʻia ma nā kumu palekana aupuni, ua manaʻo ʻia ke kānāwai e hōʻoia i kahi ʻāpana moana ikaika e hoʻoikaika i ka hiki ʻana o US i nā wā kaua a i ʻole ulia pōpilikia. ʻO kēia mau pōmaikaʻi naʻe, ua hōʻoia i ka hoʻopunipuni. Akā, ke kau nei ke Kānāwai i ke kaumaha maoli a hoʻomau i ka hoʻokele waiwai a ke ola nei ma muli o nā kākoʻo pili pono a me ka ʻike ʻole o ka lehulehu i ke kānāwai a me kāna mau koina.
Kaomi maʻaneʻi e heluhelu ka moʻolelo piha ma hawaiinews.onine
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Instead, the Act imposes a very real and ongoing economic burden and survives due to well-connected supporters and to the public being generally unaware of the law and its costs.
- According to the 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 15 in the “Top Think Tanks Worldwide”.
- Justified on national security grounds, the law was meant to ensure a strong maritime sector to bolster US capabilities in times of war or national emergency.
