Goal of the Jones Act: national security resilience, economic self-sufficiency, maritime labor force. Reality of the Jones Act: Tiny non-defense shipbuilding industry and labor force that is irrelevant to wartime logistics. Higher prices on intermediate and consumer goods.

Gasoline is shipped from Houston to the Bahamas and then from Bahamas to California. This added step adds costs but avoids the Jones Acr requirement of using a ridiculously expensive American-built and flagged ship.