Maybe we should follow Nash Equilibrium.
If everyone just get so much he'd need- MINUS a bit for his brother/the next guy- we just might not see the short fall after all.
But we, as a nation, get what we need PLUS another week's supply, hence these short falls.
Perhaps it's too much to ask to a selfish sod- who likes to think his unholy-father owns the road- and he's quite alright to rub his 6 HIDs in our face. Peasants obviously have no right to see where they're going- or in the, rather dazzling, light of current scenario: to be on the road at first place.