Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Should the US Navy Protect All Commerce?" video.

  1. He’s talked about that. The delays have a financial cost. The delays are about more than the additional shipping times for cargo. There are also delays in positioning ships to pick up cargos (not to mention getting containers to the right places.
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  2. The First Amendment does not protect your speech on YouTube. YouTube is not a government website or service. YouTube is privately owned by Alphabet, a holding company that is also privately owned by its shareholders.
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  3. Securely?
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  4. How is that relevant?
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  5. Are you playing solitaire Jeopardy?
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  6.  @PFA...  It’s not Houthi territorial waters, though. What crazy notions you have.
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  7. Your phrasing makes you sound like a Karen. “I’m a taxpayer and I demand to talk to your supervisor.”
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  8.  @skutchBlobaum  See solandri69’s response. Also: Demand fluctuates, and it’s costly to maintain an excess inventory of ships. You can say it’s profit motivated, but you could also say it’s loss-aversion motivated. But you don’t want too few, because when there is a spike in demand, there is a long lead time in acquiring new ships. Not enough ships and you’re losing profits. Too many ships, you’re losing profits. The correct number of ships is not constant.
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  9.  @solandri69  Thank you for explaining that better than I could. I wish I hadn’t been a pot addled college kid (only concerned about a passing grade on the final exam) when I took an economics class.
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