Dylan Scott
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That's not something that I think anyone voted on in 2024, but making sure that the world has a process to build these things that the world runs on that is not entirely located on a tiny island that is constantly on the verge of being invaded.
It's not great. The Inflation Reduction Act was all carrots and no sticks. And I think to some degree that was a smart political decision. The sticks in this case would have been something like a carbon tax, something like cap and trade, something that actually put a price on polluting. And it became clear that there weren't the votes for that.
It's not great. The Inflation Reduction Act was all carrots and no sticks. And I think to some degree that was a smart political decision. The sticks in this case would have been something like a carbon tax, something like cap and trade, something that actually put a price on polluting. And it became clear that there weren't the votes for that.
It's not great. The Inflation Reduction Act was all carrots and no sticks. And I think to some degree that was a smart political decision. The sticks in this case would have been something like a carbon tax, something like cap and trade, something that actually put a price on polluting. And it became clear that there weren't the votes for that.
So there was a decision made to do this entirely through compliments and roses. Instead of making it more expensive to drive a gas car, you make it cheaper to buy an electric car. Instead of making it more expensive to run a natural gas plant, you make it cheaper to run a solar plant.
So there was a decision made to do this entirely through compliments and roses. Instead of making it more expensive to drive a gas car, you make it cheaper to buy an electric car. Instead of making it more expensive to run a natural gas plant, you make it cheaper to run a solar plant.
So there was a decision made to do this entirely through compliments and roses. Instead of making it more expensive to drive a gas car, you make it cheaper to buy an electric car. Instead of making it more expensive to run a natural gas plant, you make it cheaper to run a solar plant.
The issue is loans. You just need to buy things that are really expensive upfront. And so having to pay more interest on those loans is really, really bad. And they had to pay a lot more interest because there was a lot of inflation. And to fight the inflation, the Fed had to raise interest rates.
The issue is loans. You just need to buy things that are really expensive upfront. And so having to pay more interest on those loans is really, really bad. And they had to pay a lot more interest because there was a lot of inflation. And to fight the inflation, the Fed had to raise interest rates.
The issue is loans. You just need to buy things that are really expensive upfront. And so having to pay more interest on those loans is really, really bad. And they had to pay a lot more interest because there was a lot of inflation. And to fight the inflation, the Fed had to raise interest rates.
And so it's this like one hand of the Biden administration's policymaking that sort of overheated the economy, led to inflation, raised interest rates. That is then sort of helping to strangle another part of the economy that more than the rest of the energy sector really relies on low interest rates to succeed.
And so it's this like one hand of the Biden administration's policymaking that sort of overheated the economy, led to inflation, raised interest rates. That is then sort of helping to strangle another part of the economy that more than the rest of the energy sector really relies on low interest rates to succeed.
And so it's this like one hand of the Biden administration's policymaking that sort of overheated the economy, led to inflation, raised interest rates. That is then sort of helping to strangle another part of the economy that more than the rest of the energy sector really relies on low interest rates to succeed.
Obama got a lot of crap for not being willing to do as much with executive power as a lot of sort of activists wanted him to do. And I think the experience with trying to use executive power a lot more under Biden sort of gave us one answer of why. I think a lot about the student loan situation.
Obama got a lot of crap for not being willing to do as much with executive power as a lot of sort of activists wanted him to do. And I think the experience with trying to use executive power a lot more under Biden sort of gave us one answer of why. I think a lot about the student loan situation.
Obama got a lot of crap for not being willing to do as much with executive power as a lot of sort of activists wanted him to do. And I think the experience with trying to use executive power a lot more under Biden sort of gave us one answer of why. I think a lot about the student loan situation.
They canceled a lot of debt. They did not cancel all of it. And so there was still a lot of discontent among activists who were calling for this. The Supreme Court said it was illegal for them to do this. And so sort of a lot of their efforts got overturned and just didn't happen.
They canceled a lot of debt. They did not cancel all of it. And so there was still a lot of discontent among activists who were calling for this. The Supreme Court said it was illegal for them to do this. And so sort of a lot of their efforts got overturned and just didn't happen.
They canceled a lot of debt. They did not cancel all of it. And so there was still a lot of discontent among activists who were calling for this. The Supreme Court said it was illegal for them to do this. And so sort of a lot of their efforts got overturned and just didn't happen.
And at the same time, while this was happening, there was this colossal screw up within the Department of Education around FAFSA, which is the financial aid form. Just like hundreds of thousands of people applying for college financial aid didn't get it or were severely delayed because the department was sort of backed up in processing it.