Posted on 10/21/2021 9:36:43 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg predicted more supply chain bottlenecks, saying they will continue as long as the pandemic continues.
“If a shoe factory closes in Vietnam in September for a COVID outbreak, you’re going to see the effect of that at the mall in December or January,” Buttigieg, who received criticism recently for taking a leave of absence during a supply chain crunch affecting ports and freight lines, said during a televised interview on Wednesday.
The United States is “seeing goods move through our system and reach shelves at record levels,” he said, blaming the shortages on high demand.
The supply chain issues could prove to be more politically damaging for the Biden administration if bottlenecks persist during the Christmas shopping season. At the same time, data released by the Labor Department shows that the year-over-year prices increased by 5.4 percent in September, the largest annual increase since January 1991.
About a week ago, the Biden administration announced it secured commitments from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to move to operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The move was touted by White House secretary Jen Psaki on Monday, who claimed there is “serious progress” being made in dealing with bottlenecks.
But data from the Marine Exchange, which tracks port operations in California, reported an increase in container ships off the coast of California. As of Wednesday, there were 167 ships sitting outside the ports, up from 157 on Monday.
During the Trump administration, the number of containers that passed through the Port of Los Angeles broke several records, according to reports and city data. In 2018, about 9.5 million containers were transported, compared to 7.3 million containers passing through during Biden’s first year in office, the data shows.
Buttigieg said that the White House is “also talking with the key ground logistics companies,” adding: “But there’s no question that there are challenges that will persist as long as this pandemic continues, and it’s both things that are going on here in the U.S. Because we’ve already got a brittle system that has been under-invested in for decades and things happening around the world.”
Some economists, meanwhile, have said that federal policies under the Biden administration have likely exacerbated the problem.
“The net effect of President Biden’s policies has probably been to worsen the supply disruptions to a certain degree,” Brian Riedl, a senior fellow for economic policy at the Manhattan Institute, told the Daily Caller. “And that was by shooting a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill at an economy that was only $420 billion below its potential performance.”
Yeah Buttplug.
A store closes in Vietnam and the result is 20 container ships with constipation at Long Beach.
You are a Democrat so I guess it makes sense.
Democrat-made supply chain problems will persist until everybody has the Jim Jones Clot Shot.
Why is America putting up with this shit?
“Pun intended.”
Yes it was.
SoCal ports are deficient in both, thanks to recent California laws along with EPA and CARB “clean air” mandates requiring new trucks and seasoned drivers. 18 to 20 yo drivers need not apply.
Do I even need to mention the longshoreman union and union rules?
Not meaning to leave Buttwipe off the hook, it’s just that Dems are deeply committed to the enviros and labor unions. It’s their bread and butter.
Ah. The Leftist mantra of “The New Normal”.
Like men crapping out babies, or breastfeeding them.
What a pile of dung. It is Biden's policies all the way which caused this cluster fark. Biden has cocked up shipping hubs because of Democrat polices: "fuel prices", "global warming", "vaccines", "union truckers only", no owner/operators", "diversity", "new trucks only", "road restrictions".
If the ships have to wait offshore for a couple of months, then why weren't they diverted to East Coast ports; there are plenty of them, and they are open for business: Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Hampton Roads, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York. All of them would be happy for the business.
Imagine if mankind just waited everything out instead of innovating.
yes ca rules are causing this(truck emissions and no contractors) but newsome and ca legislature are never mentioned
that means they have no intention of actually solving the problem
all of their “action” is to look busy while doing nothing
We should start a list of items which will not change until COVID-19 is gone. Inflation was what the secretary of treasury claimed this week.
Fixed it.
(sigh) Let’s go Brandon! (sigh)
So a factory the other side of the world is the cause of ships sitting waiting to offload. And not one reporter questioned him on that logic.
They hates us so much. Their contempt borders on glee.
Democrats are evil scum.
Buttigeg: “I have absolutely no idea why I’m here or what I’m doing!”
Pandemic? A virus with 99.5% survival rate is not a pandemic.
Truck & truck driver regulations in California do, tho.
Problems of all kinds will continue until the Biden administration is gone. I don’t need Butthead to explain this, I already know.
He was incompetent before he got the job, such declaration of his makes it official. He has zero credibility and the industry and its stakeholders will have to act accordingly. Yes, that means all of us.
What should be done to this little puke is..what was done to Edward the 2nd.
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