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Radio news reporting today how Biden came up with a new plan to break the gridlock at the ports of LA and Long Beach, which are semi-local to me. He took credit for getting the ports to work 24/7 to unload the cargo, "Adding 60 hours per week."
My immediate reaction was, "You mean, they aren't doing that ALREADY?!?"
All Biden has to do is lift the stimulus and everyone goes back to work
WookieMan saysAll Biden has to do is lift the stimulus and everyone goes back to work
Because the longshoreman made more sitting at home???
Became a stout 'Reaganite' as my high school AP US History teacher called us.Most young people liked Reagan during his presidency, especially at Baylor. The left didn't like that one bit, said it was because he reminded them of an amiable grandpa. "Students", after all, as any group of rioting young people got to be called in those days, were supposed to mount the ramparts in protest. In the early days of the '79 Iranian revolution the media would refer to the rioting mobs as "students" until they got called out on it.
So while they are training away fast as possible, the bottleneck persists and not enough skilled labor is available.
The problem with ILWU labor is skilled labor
the housing crash fucked a ton of things over. Skilled labor in trades and transportation are shit. It took a decade and a half and a pandemic, but that was the crux of the entire issue we deal with
. A bunch of the boomers retired during Covid because they were scared.
https://notthebee.com/article/behold-the-coming-supply-chain-crisis-video-of-half-a-million-shipping-containers-stuck-off-the-coast-of-california