> The US has now outsourced most of the production of goods to places in other countries.

I think that is the point (or one of the points): it's not just logistics and spare capacity - it's a much more complex set of issues.

This isn't something accounting practices or "less greed" would solve, as seems to be implied in the Twitter thread.

Would you have voted for a party that spent $1b annually on mask manufacturing subsidies for masks nobody even bought? Who could have foreseen that demand spike?