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Hekate

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16. TY, & recommend people read it all. Fascinating, dystopian, nightmarish. Infrastructure, dammit.

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 04:01 PM

Oct 2021

Some here keep tut-tutting about American overconsumption, but excuse me all to hell, all my family’s prescription medications are being shipped in as we speak, because it’s cheaper to make them on the other side of the globe than it is to make them in the US.

That, too, is a big part of the problem. America doesn’t make its own necessities any more.

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I'm A Twenty Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America's "Shipping Crisis" Will Not End [View all] swag Oct 2021 OP

Working link for ya Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #1

Thank you KT2000 Oct 2021 #4

Thank you. Duly edited. swag Oct 2021 #5

Must read!! Sending around - thanks, swag - this is an unacceptable state of affairs grrrrrrr Leghorn21 Oct 2021 #2

He's absolutely correct. 2naSalit Oct 2021 #8

Many thanks for this great personal account of trucker life, 2 Leghorn21 Oct 2021 #20

You're welcome. 2naSalit Oct 2021 #22

My son trucked for about 5 years and found his way out. Delmette2.0 Oct 2021 #37

The ships' crews are really having a hard time... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #42

Maybe the time is coming when we here in 'Murika make some PatrickforB Oct 2021 #3

+1 2naSalit Oct 2021 #9

Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #30

I am seeing free markets KT2000 Oct 2021 #6

Thank you Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #7

K&R 2naSalit Oct 2021 #10

Not rocket science. Stop f---ing the workers. Girard442 Oct 2021 #11

Huge kick and rec. love_katz Oct 2021 #12

Shipping: However it's done, somebody always gets screwed. rickyhall Oct 2021 #13

Not just somebody -- a WHOLE BUNCH of somebodies. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #46

Excellent article. patphil Oct 2021 #14

Shipping system owners I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2021 #15

TY, & recommend people read it all. Fascinating, dystopian, nightmarish. Infrastructure, dammit. Hekate Oct 2021 #16

And much of that... 2naSalit Oct 2021 #21

The rich have slaves. May not look the same, but most people live paycheck to paycheck. They have Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #17

This.... multigraincracker Oct 2021 #18

Thank you--an excellent read. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #19

Well, that's sobering! peggysue2 Oct 2021 #23

How Many Truckers Have We Lost To COVID... GB_RN Oct 2021 #24

1+ keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #25

K&R! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #26

Hi swag Tom Kitten Oct 2021 #27

Hi, Tom! swag Oct 2021 #43

Labor shortage should encourage employers to raise wages and benefits IronLionZion Oct 2021 #28

Paging Secretary Buttigeig.... dlk Oct 2021 #29

+1. I totally agree. Delmette2.0 Oct 2021 #35

A little of what will be called "Democratic Socialism" is in order. Truman seized the steel mills Marcuse Oct 2021 #39

When enough Americans can't access enough goods, the ensuing crisis may bring about a solution dlk Oct 2021 #44

+1 dalton99a Oct 2021 #45

Messed up country we have. Shippers get paid extra for the backlog. Great article. Thanks. Pepsidog Oct 2021 #31

// usaf-vet Oct 2021 #32

Wow, I had no idea... n/t TeamProg Oct 2021 #33

Between the article about the containers at the ports posted here the other day, niyad Oct 2021 #34

rather difficult to understand RussBLib Oct 2021 #36

I'll lend another interpretation to the data and the experience listed above Ford_Prefect Oct 2021 #38

Not enough drivers? Yet here we have many sitting, unpaid, waiting to work. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #40

Bring the factories back to America is the solution. SargeXXX Oct 2021 #41

This doesn't cover everything. I have some personal background on the issue also LT Barclay Oct 2021 #47

And then there the paperwork, paperwork about your hours of service, paperwork for your truck, 3Hotdogs Oct 2021 #48

But I MUST HAVE cheap poisonous Chinese crap with 4 easy payments from QVC! traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #49

Wow. Excellent The Mouth Nov 2021 #50