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41. Hell no

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Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:37 AM

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cruise lines fly under none US flags to avoid US taxes and employment law. should they get bailouts [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2020 OP

no, unless its for employees and workers nt msongs Mar 2020 #1

They all hire mostly foreign workers.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #5

Does anyone know what the total payroll for US citizens exboyfil Mar 2020 #20

it may be significant, but hidden.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #23

I agree duforsure Mar 2020 #53

Scuttle 'em. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #2

Doesn't tRump always say "Murica first" jls4561 Mar 2020 #3

Let their "Flag" countries bail out the corporations. rickford66 Mar 2020 #4

Gidney N Cloyd... pdxflyboy Mar 2020 #6

From the number of times Mike Pence said "the industry" in his press conference applegrove Mar 2020 #7

F, NO !!!!!!! F, NO !!!!!!! F, NO !!!!!!! F, NO !!!!!!! alittlelark Mar 2020 #8

No. Let trumps"free market" economics drive them out of business. nt Ilsa Mar 2020 #9

sure... BGBD Mar 2020 #10

Well wait a minute,.. not so fast there,... magicarpet Mar 2020 #11

NO. DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #12

That's one industry that shouldn't get help. Hoyt Mar 2020 #13

Agreed customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #40

Really. They are floating incubators of disease, and will be more expensive Hoyt Mar 2020 #50

Airlines are part of our infrastructure, Cruise lines are as essential as roller derby. grantcart Mar 2020 #47

Good way to put it. My only concern is a lot of people here do work in industry. Hoyt Mar 2020 #49

No, and I'll tell you another one localroger Mar 2020 #14

Nope. Bluethroughu Mar 2020 #15

NO. spanone Mar 2020 #16

Absolutely not. They are foreign corporations. Glorfindel Mar 2020 #17

No MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #18

No Gothmog Mar 2020 #19

Hell no! doc03 Mar 2020 #21

National Review agrees exboyfil Mar 2020 #22

"Carnival, which employs few Americans and is of no strategic economic value, is not one of those co Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #24

Like somebody else said, these are one of the least essential businesses out there. craigw Mar 2020 #25

Hell, no. They also relayerbob Mar 2020 #26

force them to re-flag, permanently, or face a penalty... JCMach1 Mar 2020 #27

They can't Sgent Mar 2020 #42

Screw em...they wanted to pay NOTHING here,give them NOTHING Bengus81 Mar 2020 #54

saltwater leeches bringthePaine Mar 2020 #28

No Aquaria Mar 2020 #29

K&R spanone Mar 2020 #30

No TheDemsshouldhireme Mar 2020 #31

Fuck those polluting gluttony emporiums! SunSeeker Mar 2020 #32

Only if xmas74 Mar 2020 #33

Absolutely not... not paying taxes & avoiding US employment law sounds like enough bailout NotHardly Mar 2020 #34

Exactly.. whathehell Mar 2020 #39

Let them get bailouts from the countries whose flag they sail under whathehell Mar 2020 #35

lol. Bahamas bailout. Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #36

They don't give us squat -- We owe them Nothing. .n/t whathehell Mar 2020 #38

When John Oliver starts back up again, I would love to see him take down cruises. Initech Mar 2020 #37

Patriot Act on Netflix did an episode on cruise ships. It's crazy the amount of stuff they Luciferous Mar 2020 #43

I will have to check it out. Initech Mar 2020 #45

Hell no Luciferous Mar 2020 #41

No corporations should be getting any bailout at all. The American citizens that earn 100k or less cstanleytech Mar 2020 #44

Let'em go to Liberia for a bailout sandensea Mar 2020 #46

Cruise Lines are almost the definition of "nonessential industries." Brother Mythos Mar 2020 #48

nope... no known investments in Disney... don't some of their practices Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #58

Nope, better that money go to save American businesses Amishman Mar 2020 #51

Celebrity's headquarters is in Miami. My what a little flag can do! KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #52

Seems like a good time for one of the world's great environmental hazards to sail into the sunset. Magoo48 Mar 2020 #55

Bail out the workers, not the businesses Chainfire Mar 2020 #56

Not a fucking dime. nt Nay Mar 2020 #57