Every other day, I'm writing a story about how awesome Ron DeSantis is, but here's the thing:
Who else is trying to save Christmas in a world full of globalist Grinches?
The Florida governor has been appealing to ship crews and companies for the past week, telling them that Florida is open and ready to take their cargo.
While dozens of ships remain moored off the coast of Los Angeles waiting to be unloaded in a historic supply chain snarl, ports in Florida are humming along with little or no delays and are standing by if shipping companies decide to reroute freighters to the East Coast.
A large part of the problem with California are the insane restrictions the glorious socialist state has. This includes Covid restrictions, rules on the age of trucks in order to pay homage to Mother Gaia, straight-up corruption, ballooning taxes, and a host of other problems that demonstrate why "progressive" policy and logistical efficiency mix as well as oil and water.
Florida, meanwhile, doesn't have these "hiccups" because it cares about liberty, human flourishing, hard work, and making everyone lots of money.
We're here. We have capacity," DeSantis said while visiting the Jacksonville Port Authority, also known as JAXPORT.
"We have to make sure people can go Christmas shopping as normal. We have to make sure that all the necessities are there," he added. "And if it's because ships are sitting off the coast somewhere else, and they can be rerouted here, and we can get all those shelves stocked, then we want to be a part of that solution."
Unlike California, Jacksonville has had zero delays at any time during the pandemic because DeSantis hasn't shut down life for a virus that's non-lethal to most of us.
Port Everglades, Port Tampa Bay, and Port Panama City also have the capacity to bring in additional ships and offload cargo, DeSantis has said.
Mark Derks, chief marketing officer for Florida-based BlueGrace Logistics, said that it is logistically possible and could be economically viable to reroute ships from California to Florida.
"We are expecting increased volume," Derks told the Washington Examiner, adding that his company expects more ships not just into Florida, but also every other port east of California.
Florida is gonna be RAKING in the dough!!
This is a real-time lesson in why socialist/authoritarian policies do not work. The market finds a way, even if it means rerouting ships thousands of miles to save time and money.
The objective laws of economics and human nature will overcome whatever ideological policy people like Gavin Newsom and Joe Biden come up with!
Here's DeSantis talking to Tucker Carlson about Florida's opportunity to become America's port:
Thanks for saving Christmas, Ron!
Remember: When in doubt, move to Florida!
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