So Much for Populism

Once again, shame on the Trump administration.  Late Monday (10/09), Department of Homeland Security spokesman David Lapan announced that the Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico expired on Sunday night, and would not be extended.

That means that the island will go back to paying much higher shipping costs to import supplies. The Jones Act requires that all goods shipped between U.S. ports be carried by American-owned and operated ships, which are more expensive vessels than others in the global marketplace. So, Puerto Rico will again pay double the costs for goods from the U.S. mainland than is paid by neighboring islands like the U. S. Virgin Islands.