Biden says that they have negotiated a plan to open the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to 24/7 operation. That will increase 25% port activity. Long Beach tried that before and it failed. There are more than 60 ships sitting offshore, waiting for their opportunity to come into port be unloaded and then loaded with empty cargo containers to return to their own port. A major part of the problem is that these ports are at full capacity already! They need more truckers! They need more longshoremen and women. What Joe didn't say is that any and all items are going to cost a heck of a lot more than before. He also mentioned that we need more things made in the USA...funny, our previous president stood for that quite a long time ago. We were almost self sufficient when Trump was president, not dependent on OPEC for fuel but because of Biden's decisions to can Trumps policies, Biden had to ask OPEC to increase productivity at a higher cost to us. Do your best Joe, we just hope it's enough! |