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Subject: Re: Remaining on an island while ship returns to Honolulu? Posted on: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:39:21 -0400

On 26 Jun 2006 02:45:35 -0700, mikeerdas@yahoo.com wrote:

>> Demonstrating that if you don't like a law, simply
>> bribe enough people in congress, and they'll
>> create you're own, personal, 50-year loophole.
>
>I thought the vast majority of cruise ships were registered in obscure
>places to skirt labor laws, taxes, environmental regulations, etc. It's
>refreshing to see ships registered in the US. Seems to be an exception
>to the registration Rule.

It's refreshing to see the government create a legal monopoly
with a 50-year lifespan, to benefit a single company?

I don't find it refreshing at all. I find it quite anti-consumer.

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- Lee