OMG California Is Actively Working To Make Supply Issues Worse, Just Smacked Down Truckers

It's hard to think that any state would push to put more strain on supply chains right now but enter California and their idiotic war on independent truck drivers. The blue giant is winning its war on truckers and effectively blocking truckers' efforts to keep supplies rolling.

A report by the Washington Examiner:

"The Supreme Court declined to take up the truckers’ challenge to California’s AB 5, the anti-freelance, anti-freedom law designed to restrict independent contractors and suffocate the gig economy. Truck drivers have brought their protests to Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland, but it seems unlikely that California Democrats will carve out exemptions for them as they have for industries they like, such as those of musicians, photographers, journalists, and artists.

The result is that restrictions will be forced on some 70,000 truck owner-operators, and supply chain problems will become worse. In Oakland, for example, 90% of the 9,000 trucks that work the ports daily are independent contractors. According to Bill Aboudi, the owner of AB Trucking in Oakland, he will no longer be able to use drivers who own their own trucks anymore, and he will have to reduce his workload as a result.

Nevada Trucking Association CEO Paul Enos said the trucking industry is already 80,000 drivers short and that more will quit in California now that they are no longer allowed to be independent contractors."

California isn't just a massive import hub but supplies the rest of the US with various produce products and electronics. Perhaps even more concerning, the blue giant also supplies farmers around the nation with machinery needed to keep production rolling. So be sure to stock up on your favorite good and get your gardens going if you haven't started one already.

I predict that the grocery store shelves will look completely different by 2023. I don't think we'll starve, but we were already on track to have supply shortages, this just exasperated growing issues.