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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
(22,065 posts)47. Perhaps Mexico and/or Canada could but I doubt that they have the infrastructure to ...
handle such volumes, otherwise wouldn't the powers that be, have already done this? Sure, transport costs would have gone up (shipping via trucks to the USA if offloaded in Canada or Mexico), but when the retailers are getting 5 or 6 times what they paid for the Chinese goods (or other such countries) for resale in the USA, they have plenty of margin to cost these additional costs, I would think.
Of course w/ COVID and border restrictions, even this option may be up in the air.
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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