Here’s What’s Causing the Shortages

Shortages, supply chain disruptions, packages that never arrive, worker shortages… Are you wondering what’s really causing them and how long they’ll keep using the COVID excuse? Here’s the real root cause of it all.

I had the opportunity to visit with a gentleman today who as a young man, fresh out of college, spent some time in communist Poland in the 80’s before the iron curtain fell. He intentionally went there to live for a few months because he wanted to see for himself what living in a communist country was like.

He worked at a bank. His co-workers at the bank didn’t dare talk about the things they dealt with because they were too afraid of negative consequences. But there was one gentleman who simply didn’t care about the fall-out. He sat in a room in the bank, alone with the young man and told him all about what they dealt with in communist Poland.

When a couple married in communist Poland, they put their name on a list for an apartment. They lived with their parents while they waited, waited, and waited for the apartment to become available. They didn’t shop for their apartment. They didn’t look around and decide which one they wanted. They were assigned one by the government.

When Polish citizens reached a specific age where they were allowed to buy a car, they put their name on a list to apply for one. If accepted, they made payments toward the car, and when the car was finally paid off, then they would be able to obtain the car.

Once someone became the owner of a vehicle, they were able to buy a certain number of credits for gasoline. But the amount of gasoline you could buy was very limited. You were never able to purchase much gas … especially not enough to drive across the border to escape.

When this young man went to a store, he walked right in and everyone fussed at him, “You can’t do that! Get back here and get in line.” Stores paced how many people were allowed in at a time. There was a finite amount of products, and they had to control how many people they let in to acquire those scarce commodities.

“The Marxists use shortages to control people,” he said. “They are masters at creating shortages.” The man I spoke to today went on to say that the shortages we are experiencing in the U.S. are symptoms of Marxist policies. These shortages are designed to control us.

What kind of shortages do Marxists like to create? Why, the ones that really get your attention and hit you where it hurts – labor shortages, food shortages, fuel and energy shortages, supply chain issues, transportation shortages (chips and parts for cars).

After leaving this man’s office, I reflected on the number of shortages I’ve seen lately. A girl I know can’t get autobody work done on her car until the fall because there are shortages of supplies. My son has had his name on a waiting list to purchase a car for a few months now. He had to put down $250 to be put on the waiting list.

My father-in-law paid for a dishwasher that didn’t get delivered last week. When he called the store, the man said, “Your dishwasher didn’t show up on the truck it was supposed to.” My father-in-law can’t get a straight answer on when or if the dishwasher will ever arrive.

A friend has been waiting for an outdoor shed that he ordered months ago. The store claims it was delivered, but the last I heard, it still hadn’t arrived. My son ordered a computer from HP that never arrived, and we finally had to file a police report to get our money back.

Store shelves are barer than I’ve ever seen them. Businesspeople I meet complain that they can’t find people to work jobs.

All these bizarre shortages and disruptions are signature tell-tell-signs of Marxist policies.

Those who will not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Wake up, Americans. The writing is on the wall.

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