Trickle down effect from many countries and borders still being closed. Demand is way up, production was down for a year and importing is still horrible all the way around if you can even source product and raw material to be imported. Lumber may be down but everything else is still on the rise.

"They're getting exactly what they voted for in 2020."

Not to get too political, but that has not yet been totally answered.

Those who've died you won't have to pay.

As Will Rogers famously said "It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for."

Shortages, Price increases etc. Not only a USA problem. Different countries, different politics, yet same outcomes. Go figure!