From the NPR article YOU supplied:
SIMON: The Biden administration has this truck action plan that calls for speeding up the commercial licensing process and expanding the apprenticeship program. Will that help, do you think?
LAGUERRE: I mean, anything will help right now for sure, right? But, for me, the question would be as well, how long would this last? Well, we can get a thousand or 20,000 young men to get their CDL today. Are we going to change the ecosystem in trucking that's going to help them get better, that's going to help them grow and help them become much better entrepreneurs or much better drivers? It's not just creating a curriculum and help them get their CDL and then put them back in the industry and say, hey, go figure it out. I think again, yes, although that can be great - that's a great step towards, you know, fixing the problem. But I also believe that we really need to look at the deep root cause of why drivers leaving and why nobody wants to be a truck driver.
SIMON: Pierre Laguerre is a former truck driver - CEO of Fleeting. Thank you so much for being with us, sir. And happy holidays to you and your family.
Your other sources are essentially right wing yellow sheets, except for the Hill, who's opinion ties in the paying of the semi-quarantine policies during the Covid Outbreak....of which started under the Orange Oaf's administration.
Oh and your attempt to blame California's Prop 22 A5: Who is exempt from AB5 California?
1. The worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring organization in connection with the performance of the work. 2. The worker performs work that is outside the hiring entity's business.
So again, blaming Biden and Dems for a hefty part of problems out of their hands (foreign war, oil pricing by OPEC, weather, disease) is typical right wing wonk hype.
Now, enough detour and back to the OP.....what's your answer?