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In reply to the discussion: 'There will be things that people can't get,' at Christmas, White House warns [View all]SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)15. This is no surprise...I've been seeing shortages / shelves empty at the hardware store for quite ...
some time, like some have said, perhaps it's a good thing (kind of reduce the rampart commercialism) and if things were so critical to a business' operating mode/revenue, then perhaps they should have looked into other supply channels, perhaps developed in-house suppliers / manufacturing in the US, and/or other options that don't rely on so many factors in getting their merchandise into the hands of retailers in time for the holidays ... I think folks are going to give Biden a wide latitude being he's got so much to repair from the damages inflicted by rump's admin. (lack of adequate steps undertaken by the trump admin., tariffs right and left because rump had a temper fit, etc., etc., etc.).
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'There will be things that people can't get,' at Christmas, White House warns [View all]
TheProle
Oct 2021
OP
All I want for xmas is a steady supply of fuel and electricity during the hardest part of winter
yaesu
Oct 2021
#13
This is no surprise...I've been seeing shortages / shelves empty at the hardware store for quite ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2021
#15
Perhaps Mexico and/or Canada could but I doubt that they have the infrastructure to ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2021
#47
Good idea! One that should gain more acceptance, since it solves several problems, IMHO.
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2021
#48
That's a good idea, a kind of a 'gag gift' for XMAS event, so you'll still have fun over the ...
SWBTATTReg
Oct 2021
#56