[DoodleDawg]

GOP Rep. Crawford: We ‘Have a Food Shortage’ Now

No we don't. We have a shortage of food at the price you want to pay now.

[untenured]

I was at a major grocery store today. There are numerous items for which I would’ve paid the listed price, indeed more. But they weren’t on the shelves.

I have taught economics for almost thirty years, and know what a “shortage” is. I have also thought the shortage talk was overwrought since 3/20. But the last couple of weeks the empty spaces on the shelves, while still few and nothing like Soviet shelves, at least where I live are growing.

YMMV, but the next time you go to the store I encourage you to take notes and report back on what you find. If it’s essentially indistinguishable from pre-COVID, count your blessings.