From the desk of… Ahoy! It's crony capitalism sailing in and out of U.S. ports – The Ukiah Daily Journal
WASHINGTON – Wesley Jones, a Republican U.S. senator from Washington, 1909-1932, should be canonized as the patron saint of industrial policy. His contribution to such mischief, which is enjoying a rebirth of respectability, is in its second century of doing damage. His advocacy of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, a.k.a. the Jones Act, included […]