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1 hour ago, PA Cruiser said:

Thinks about it!!!

CDC is not supporting the Cruise industry because the ships are not 'FLAGGED' in the US of A, so are NOT paying US of A taxes!!!

WHY would they support Cruising???

Start researching the "US" automakers.  How much in taxes do they pay?

It's true that the foreign cruise lines don't pay taxes on the most valuable assets, the ships.  Despite that they contribute billions to the US economy.  Not just in the companies that support and supply the fleet which do pay US taxes and employ US workers.

CLIA estimates that the average spend of a guest boarding a cruise ship is $350 in the home port of that ship.

Between the two ships just announced to sail from outside the US in the Caribbean there will be roughly 3,000 guests per week spending that $350 in St. Maarten and the Bahamas.  That's $1M per week going into these foreign economies. 

Well done CDC, St. Maarten and the Bahamas thanks you!  Best gift ever!

The CDC is killing American jobs and costing the US economy billions in the name of fake science.  The cure has officially become worse than the disease.

Only 15% of Americans have ever cruised.  That's not the percentage of Americans that will cruise in 2021, that is all time.  If Royal filled every ship in the fleet to capacity that is less than .03% of the US population.  Royal isn't trying to fill every ship, not even close.  

Do you seriously think that stopping 0.01% of Americans from cruising is going to save America from this terrible virus? 

Banning cruise ships is accomplishing nothing in terms of stopping the spread.  They are focused on one grain of sand in a landslide while ignoring the boulders tumbling down the hill.  

It would be like the police saying "In order to stop speeding on highways we are now banning all yellow cars that have a black stripe on the hood" while ignoring all other cars.  "There... problem solved".

They aren't accomplishing anything except killing US jobs and sending money into foreign economies.

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3 hours ago, twangster said:

Start researching the "US" automakers.  How much in taxes do they pay?

It's true that the foreign cruise lines don't pay taxes on the most valuable assets, the ships.  Despite that they contribute billions to the US economy.  Not just in the companies that support and supply the fleet which do pay US taxes and employ US workers.

Delta airlines pays little to no US taxes either.  The most profitable part of the company, their loyalty program, is "SkyMiles IP .. a newly formed Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Delta."  So i'm not sure it's really accurate to say that Delta Airlines is an "American Company" either, but nobody ever talks about this.  They just like to point out that the cruise lines are all "foreign" companies.

And the US airlines have received lots of pandemic aid from taxpayers. 

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