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Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Isaac Send a noteboard - 10/06/2011 06:11:27 PM
The Act applies to "the master or owner of every ship or vessel of the United States", which I interpret that to refer to any ship under US flag - not just those part of the Merchant Marine of which no mention is made.


From paragraph one sentence one of the Act

That from and after the first day of September next, the master or owner of every ship or vessel of the United States, arriving from a foreign port into any port of the United States,

And there's a very obvious reason why Merchant Marine is not mentioned by name in the act and yet I said it specifies them, you may want to consider some additional research on what 'Merchant Marine' is, note that the act also never includes the word sailor either. To save you some research, sentence one of the wiki for US Merchant Marine says "The United States Merchant Marine refers to the fleet of U.S. civilian-owned merchant ships, operated by either the government or the private sector, that engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States."

Also, again, the big point is that whole specific 'foreign port' part
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ObamaCare's Legal Death Spiral Continues.....great news for America! trzaska2000 - 08/06/2011 10:04:24 PM 1037 Views
I'm not informed enough to comment on most of this, but can someone explain that last line to me? Aemon - 08/06/2011 11:25:49 PM 636 Views
just a guess but random thoughts - 08/06/2011 11:40:44 PM 533 Views
Yeah, and I guess that's what I was missing (see my response to Tom). Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:13:00 AM 509 Views
keep in mind it is a legal argument random thoughts - 09/06/2011 01:50:05 PM 490 Views
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It's incredibly different. Tom - 09/06/2011 03:03:07 AM 540 Views
Well. . .sort of. Aemon - 09/06/2011 07:00:30 AM 672 Views
"...the government mandate to have health insurance was unlike any law in American history"... Joel - 09/06/2011 05:24:56 AM 522 Views
wait.... scalius - 09/06/2011 04:34:13 PM 561 Views
+1 - apples and oranges here..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 09/06/2011 05:38:40 PM 196 Views
Guess what the "I" in FICA is; the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program is insurance Joel - 10/06/2011 12:34:04 AM 664 Views
Re: wait.... moondog - 10/06/2011 02:36:33 AM 497 Views
if you want to opt out just work for a local government random thoughts - 09/06/2011 06:01:06 PM 483 Views
Local government employees don't pay FICA? Where? Joel - 10/06/2011 12:03:49 AM 498 Views
a few high profile cases does not equal "most" in any sense of the word *NM* moondog - 10/06/2011 02:38:26 AM 204 Views
Actually, there's an even more relevant example. Dreaded Anomaly - 09/06/2011 08:01:18 PM 619 Views
That's the best link I've ever seen posted anywhere on the internet. *NM* Macharius - 09/06/2011 08:26:02 PM 201 Views
That's a very flawed example Isaac - 09/06/2011 09:06:24 PM 503 Views
Excellent response.....you hit the nail on the head..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 09/06/2011 09:12:06 PM 217 Views
Did you read the Act itself? Macharius - 10/06/2011 04:04:39 PM 475 Views
Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Isaac - 10/06/2011 06:11:27 PM 480 Views
Re: Yes, did you get the 'foriegn port' part of sentence, or did you stop reading after the comma? Macharius - 10/06/2011 06:54:29 PM 487 Views
It might help if you clarified what your point is Isaac - 10/06/2011 08:05:30 PM 479 Views
besides it was still just a condition for a specific job not a blanket requirement for breathing random thoughts - 10/06/2011 08:36:07 PM 485 Views
Yes, that would have seemed the core point I thought Isaac - 10/06/2011 09:13:42 PM 500 Views
In other words, this is as "unprecedented" as filibustering Bush judicial nominees (i.e. it's not). Joel - 10/06/2011 12:55:17 AM 485 Views
Oh well. Living in a shit hole country is something I love and a chance to change that is BS. callandor1000 - 12/06/2011 05:21:25 PM 488 Views
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