One area of our shortages will fix itself soon - Maybe six months.
The ships coming in from overseas. These huge ships sitting off shore attract attention, and people are going ape s**t over it. They are blaming everyone in the logistics chain for this falling apart. Reality is that there is only one office responsible for this, and it isn't Biden.
The docks, crane operators, truckers, railroads, etc. are moving record numbers of containers every day. People say we need to bring in more truckers, but what good would that do? They are already using every bit of equipment available to put under these containers.
The problem is that production overseas is ramping back up, product is flowing, and some idiot is just letting the ships come. The managers in charge of scheduling are not controlling the flow. So, as each ship hits the port, it is rapidly off loaded, and rather than take the time to reload it, it is sent out to make room for the next. Now we have containers coming in quicker than they can be moved out, and empties are piling up - CONGESTION. With each passing week this congestion moves further and further out.
Warehouses and stores that are short staffed contribute to the congestion, but the actual backups at the ports hit before these two areas contributed.
Biden and Buttigieg, if you want to fix the issues at the ports, quit paying (either directly or indirectly) warehouse and store workers to stay home, and put pressure on the port managers to get control over the scheduling.