Four thousand passengers and crew were stranded in the Caribbean for several days, when a Carnival Lines cruise ship lost propulsion and many ancillary services, because of an engine room fire.
I heard on Fox News yesterday that Congress is considering some action to avoid this happening again. How power-hungry is Congress and what happened to common sense?
There was no indication that the problem was caused by terrorism or the action of a foreign power, and it should not be assumed that the owners/operators of Carnival Lines and the public are complete dunderheads..
Some of the passengers enjoyed the diversion in spite of the hardship. Others said they would never take another cruise, especially on Carnival.
It can be reasonably assumed that the Carnival owners/operators are reasonably astute and want to stay in business to make a profit. If the balance of the negative comments is likely to affect negatively their bottom line (profit), they will surely be looking into the situation in great detail and making appropriate corrections, so that the likelihood of it ever happening again is reasonably remote, no matter what Congress thinks or does.
Congress must learn to take care of the people's business for which they have been elected and not to meddle with matters which are automatically controlled by market forces. The best way to teach Congress this lesson is by you advising your representatives what you think about the subject and anything related to it.
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