Tucker Carlson Americans Will Be Looking at Soviet-Style Grocery Shelves Under Joe Biden

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"We could be looking at Soviet grocery shelves soon," Tucker Carlson said while speaking about the state of the U.S. economy with President Joe Biden in the White House. Carlson made these comments on the Friday evening installment of his Fox News opinion show, Tucker Carlson Tonight. Carlson pointed to consumer goods that are currently in short supply in the United States, including bicycles, generators, roofing materials, ammunition and propane tanks, as well as a predicted summer gas shortage. Keep in mind this is peacetime. We haven't mobilized for a foreign war," he said. There are a variety of reasons as to why each of these goods is in short supply, from increased demand, to supply chain issues caused by the global pandemic. All around us, there are signs that under this White House things are getting dangerously flaky in this economy," said Carlson. His prediction came on the heels of a statement about the higher than expected unemployment numbers that had just been released Friday, showing 6.1 percent of Americans now out of work. At the same time as close to 14 million Americans are reporting that they can't find satisfactory employment, record numbers of employers are reporting that they can't find employees to staff open positions. These labor droughts are particularly notable in the restaurant and manufacturing sectors. Carlson seemed to invite a connection between the unstaffed jobs and the product shortages.

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