WHO YOU GONNA BELIEVE — BIDEN OR YOUR OWN LYIN’ EYES?

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Empty Shelves Disprove Biden’s Supply-Chain Boasts. “I guarantee you that when this newsletter is shared on Twitter, some ninny will respond that he just went to Safeway or Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods and didn’t see any shortages — as if the complaint about the supply chain was a contention that every shelf on every store in every community was bare. No, the problem is that an unpredictable mix of goods are suddenly unavailable, with little sense of when new shipments will arrive. Sometimes this problem has minor consequences — getting straight fries instead of curly fries — and sometimes there are huge consequences, such as oncologists who are struggling to get more medications and other medical supplies.”

#EMPTYSHELVESBIDEN: ‘It’s like a Soviet store during 1981:’ Grocery stores across the US have empty shelves as supply chain crisis and COVID combine to make basics like milk, bread, meat, canned soups and cleaning products hard to find.

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  • Shoppers across the country are finding severe shortages of basic foodstuffs this week
  • Omicron-driven work absences are combining with severe weather to exacerbate supply chain issues 
  • Grocery stores are operating with less than their normal workforces, according to the National Grocers Association, and many of its members have less than 50 percent of their normal staff 
  • Frustrated shoppers are having trouble finding produce, bread, milk and other basic necessities 
  • Pete Buttigieg, the Transport Secretary, visited the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday 
  • Buttigieg said that the Biden administration was reversing decades of under investment but admitted there were lingering problems in the supply chains
  • Inflation is exacerbating the problem: November’s inflation rate was the highest in 39 years, and December’s – out on Wednesday – is not expected to be any better 

TANSTAAFL: Biden’s Plan for ‘Free’ COVID-19 Tests Completely Ignores the Root Cause of the Shortage.

Biden’s America: Grocery Stores across US Laid Bare…

 

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