While there may be some disagreement over this concept, the idea that the U.S. Government needs to support its country's ports and transportation infrastructure makes sense. The U.S.'s ports and transportation make up much of the country's economy. If these bodies are not fully supported, imports and exports will suffer (Panayides, 2002). Even if the U.S. economy made a full and instantaneous recovery, it would not be able to fully benefit from renewed trade with other nations unless...

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The scope and scale of government intervention necessary to in some cases completely resuscitate transportation demand in infrastructure complexity is debatable. However, the U.S. government and its related institutions should have no doubt that the health of its economy is directly related to the health of the nation's ports and transportation system (Panayides, 2002). This type of