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My eyes have been opened.
I am a changed man.
And it all stems from just a few days last week when there was a port strike, a port shutdown.
Of course, this was not the first port disruption we have dealt with recently.
Look at you.
Covid ports mess.
But yes, you may recall the longshoremen on the eastern seaboard walked off the job.
Those are the people in charge of basically everything to do with loading and unloading cargo containers.
And those cargo containers are like the blood cells of our entire economy.
And, you know, Amanda, it is very scary when the old blood cells stop pumping suddenly, which, of course, was the.
Point of the strike.
Yeah, you know, exert economic pressure and pressure they exerted.
You know, people were freaking out during this shutdown.
Like, would this cause toilet paper shortages?