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Apr 3, 2012 15:37:22   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
frenchcoast wrote:
JimH wrote:
So what's your point? The US no longer has shipyards that build cruise ships.Pretty much all we make any more are subs and small G/M frigates. Plus, I'd venture to guess the skilled shipyard workers in Italy and Germany make damn near as much as their brethren in the US. If you want Walt to build his ships in the US, no one is stopping you from opening up a shipyard that meets their quality standards and underbidding the other yards.


No Jim, we still have yards with the capabilties of building commercial vessels but it's been a combination of things that drove them away. The government, cost of material, cost of skilled labor. If a commercial ship is built in this country then it has to be flagged in this country. That means higher taxes and registeration fees.
quote=JimH So what's your point? The US no longer... (show quote)
Exactly. I didn't say we COULDN'T, I said we DIDN'T. Over-regulated, over-taxed, over-burdened. Heavy industry is simply not a thing we do anymore.

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Apr 3, 2012 15:43:07   #
Apjar307 Loc: Cheyenne, Wyoming
 
****UNION FIRST, AMERICAN ALWAYS****

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Apr 4, 2012 10:59:08   #
EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace
 
I repaired and overhauled nuclear submarines for years at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. And based on the Scorpion and the Thresher I can tell you sometimes they do leak and sink.
bull drink water wrote:
if we can build nucluer subs that don,t leak or sink,then we can build cruise ships.

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