it s a fragile supply chain. when covid hit, that supply chain just if you have one chain out of whack then that impacts the whole supply chain so supply chains were impacted but consumers weren t spending as much because they were quarantined and staying indoors. we remember back then we had some shortages of the toilet paper and some items. what s happening today, the u.s. has been one of the first economies to open. so consumers have built up a pretty high savings rate, higher than normal and there is penalty pent up demand. they want to spend what they saved but the supply chains are barely getting ready. the increase in demand, that s what we weren t ready for. the goods are arriving but they re stuck in long beach because we don t have enough truck drivers to bring them in so it s been this combination of
bingo. talk about this ben rhodes who has been at president obama s side when he was in the oval office as a special advisor. is he coming out with a new book. he quotes the president, of the night of the election, in 2016, realizing that donald trump was about to take office. he says mr. obama said. this what if we were wrong? maybe we pushed too far. mr. obama said. maybe people just want to fall back into their tribe. sometimes i wonder whether i was 10 or 20 years too early, he said. now, what does that sound like to you? does that sound like like president obama is saying, you know, this has been a failure unless i was born 10 or 20 years in the future? no. it sounds like he is blaming the american people. here is what it really sounds like oh they just weren t ready for migrateness yet. no, let me tell you what we weren t ready for. we weren t ready for your massive tax hikes.
worst g.d.p. recovery from recession in modern american history. massive amounts of red tape you imposed on america. war on school choice. war on religion even worse, what we weren t ready for, mr. obama. weaponization through the irs. disgusting spy gate scandal. that s what we weren t ready for. he is starting to realize the real obama record is coming through. kes the jimmy carter malaise route and blames it on the american people. you weren t ready for my higher order ideas. give me a break. we were never going to be ready for that garbage. ian: maureen dowd called him out in the new york times the message she is getting we are not worthy of him. i have read the piece. it s interesting. but she does get on him a bit in the end where she says listen, he fell into the trap. he set for hillary himself. when he ran against her as she was the establishment and he was the change agent. and, of course,es like well, how didn t we see this
lot of folks were predicting that when marijuana sales became legal for recreational use there would be huge lines in anticipation of the sales which begin in less than two hours. outside of this dispensary, four folks who have lined up, not quite the big crowds but we have two hours to go. logan and chrissy robinson have been here since 2:00 in the morning, why was it important for you guys to be here so early and be first in line? because we re pioneers, we want to be the first. we re under the impression there was going to be a lot more people, we weren t ready for the lines. yeah, with he thought we would be there, and we didn t have any clue that we d be first. reporter: what do you think about colorado s new law? i like it, i ve been waiting 34 years, it s good for the law and the schools and bringing money into colorado. if we take it responsibly i think it will work. reporter: the big question,