Reply #1: Where do you live?

[atreides1]

And what's your point?

Here’s some examples of the best prices you will find in Hawaii at an ordinary grocery store.

gallon of milk: $4.00
loaf of bread: $5.00
apples: $3 a pound
blueberries: $6 for the tiny package
whole watermelon: 90 cents a pound
ground beef: $3.79 a pound
bag of macadamia nuts: $7.89
bananas: $1.29 a pound
lunch meat: 15 oz for $4.89
digiorno pizza: $8 ($6 on sale)
brand name cereal: $4-$6 (or $7.49 if it’s the big box of Kix)

And these are the best prices you can find.

How about paying $8 for a jar of JIF peanut butter, or $5.50 for a loaf of white bread, $6.50 for a gallon of milk, or $7.00 for half gallon of orange juice. This is the main reason that several of my relatives left Hawaii and have moved to the mainland US.

If repeal of the Jones Act will provide some relief for the people of both Hawaii and Alaska, then I would support it. And don't worry about the union workers in Hawaii, because they've been able to take care of themselves for several decades weathering all kinds of changes.