Personally, I think it has little to do with who is in power in whatever country you care to name. It is a global problem just like the other shortages people are facing globally. It is a combination of factors like the pandemic and Russia's war in the Ukraine that is causing these shortages. It could be time for people in the US to stop navel gazing and take a look at what is happening in the rest of the world. The US is not unique and is still better off, even after the gas price increases, than the majority of countries in Europe and other parts of the world. We are all vulnerable after 40 or more years of globalisation.

Bob