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Originally Posted by chinaski
I know of one ship, Carnival I believe, the USA told them to go to port in the Bahamas, because that's where the ship is registered.
Cruise companies are based here in the USA, but fly the flag of other countries because of the tax situation. Can't blame them I guess, but it's coming back to bite them in the ass now.
**** Them. Cruise ships are giant petri dishes.
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Originally Posted by boracayjohnny
The cruise lines thought they were gaming the system by registering in foreign countries. They won for a while but as with all gambling, the house always wins. So I now snicker and point at management who are getting absolutely destroyed by their own game. The thing is, though, what to do with the average worker who has bills to pay and no job.
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Originally Posted by MrPeabody
Not only taxes, but also labor law. Like having to pay every employee on the ship minimum wage. They couldn't stay in business if they had to do that.
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But yet they all ask our government for a bailout like the airlines.
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