This past week, the Jones Act became the poster child for everything that is wrong with government regulation — an outdated law hampering Puerto Rico’s ability to get the critical supplies it needs following a disastrous hurricane. Thankfully, President Trump responded to the storm by waiving this archaic regulation temporarily, but in order to assist Puerto Rico in a timely recover, this rule needs to be more than paused — it must be repealed. As Josh Siegel of the Washington Examiner explained, the Jones Act is a 1920s-era law that: …prohibits tankers from hauling oil between U.S. ports unless those
