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Remember back in 2021 and 2022, the global supply chain was bottlenecked everywhere?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and new lockdowns in China made things particularly bad, said CNN

But other than the war, what was to blame? Business Insider blamed COVID shutdowns and a surge in demand

Heritage disagreed, saying COVID was just an excuse. Government regulation and union chokeholds were the problem

The American Prospect blamed outsourcing, monopolies, deregulation, and corporate greed

The WSJ blamed a booming U.S. economy and a globalized world

Senator Josh Hawley blamed our neglect of American manufacturing

And the Teamsters’ Prez blamed poor working conditions for truckers