Jonathan V. Last

Right? They built these giant infrastructure programs with worse technology way faster than – You've got a Trader Joe's going in down the block.

I feel like that's going to be in by 2027. Yeah.

I feel like that's going to be in by 2027. Yeah.

I feel like that's going to be in by 2027. Yeah.

Exactly. Right. So then they just kind of forgot this whole lesson. It was just like, well, that sucks. I wish it was different. And then they did another gigantic infrastructure bill. They get to the final stages and they say, oh, wait, you actually can't build stuff in this country. That's a problem. And one analysis said the whole –

Exactly. Right. So then they just kind of forgot this whole lesson. It was just like, well, that sucks. I wish it was different. And then they did another gigantic infrastructure bill. They get to the final stages and they say, oh, wait, you actually can't build stuff in this country. That's a problem. And one analysis said the whole –

Exactly. Right. So then they just kind of forgot this whole lesson. It was just like, well, that sucks. I wish it was different. And then they did another gigantic infrastructure bill. They get to the final stages and they say, oh, wait, you actually can't build stuff in this country. That's a problem. And one analysis said the whole –

purpose, or at least the main purpose of the IRA was to get greenhouse gas emissions down, right? We're going to build out green energy. We're going to put people to work. It's going to serve all these purposes, right? They're going to be in these battery factories, these car factories, these new power plants. They're going to have jobs.

purpose, or at least the main purpose of the IRA was to get greenhouse gas emissions down, right? We're going to build out green energy. We're going to put people to work. It's going to serve all these purposes, right? They're going to be in these battery factories, these car factories, these new power plants. They're going to have jobs.

purpose, or at least the main purpose of the IRA was to get greenhouse gas emissions down, right? We're going to build out green energy. We're going to put people to work. It's going to serve all these purposes, right? They're going to be in these battery factories, these car factories, these new power plants. They're going to have jobs.

They're going to love Joe Biden because Joe Biden gave them these jobs. We're going to get emissions down. But they said 80% of the emissions reductions projected in this bill will not materialize if we can't fix permitting in this country. So they tried to fix permitting. And you know who blocked them among them?

They're going to love Joe Biden because Joe Biden gave them these jobs. We're going to get emissions down. But they said 80% of the emissions reductions projected in this bill will not materialize if we can't fix permitting in this country. So they tried to fix permitting. And you know who blocked them among them?

They're going to love Joe Biden because Joe Biden gave them these jobs. We're going to get emissions down. But they said 80% of the emissions reductions projected in this bill will not materialize if we can't fix permitting in this country. So they tried to fix permitting. And you know who blocked them among them?

One thing was Republicans because Republicans were so mad that they raised taxes on the rich in this bill. They said, like, we're going to make this bill fail because you violated our moral precept to bring this back to point one. But point two, the environmental groups, almost all the environmental groups lobbied to block the permitting bill.

One thing was Republicans because Republicans were so mad that they raised taxes on the rich in this bill. They said, like, we're going to make this bill fail because you violated our moral precept to bring this back to point one. But point two, the environmental groups, almost all the environmental groups lobbied to block the permitting bill.

One thing was Republicans because Republicans were so mad that they raised taxes on the rich in this bill. They said, like, we're going to make this bill fail because you violated our moral precept to bring this back to point one. But point two, the environmental groups, almost all the environmental groups lobbied to block the permitting bill.

Because they are so committed to this 1970s Ralph Nader era agenda of blocking everything the government does in paperwork that they can't get their heads around the fact that the situation has changed and what you actually need to do to save the environment is build stuff and not prevent the building of stuff.

Because they are so committed to this 1970s Ralph Nader era agenda of blocking everything the government does in paperwork that they can't get their heads around the fact that the situation has changed and what you actually need to do to save the environment is build stuff and not prevent the building of stuff.

Because they are so committed to this 1970s Ralph Nader era agenda of blocking everything the government does in paperwork that they can't get their heads around the fact that the situation has changed and what you actually need to do to save the environment is build stuff and not prevent the building of stuff.

So a huge part of the abundance agenda came out of this realization that the choices that liberals especially have made in the past have prevented us from doing the things we want to do today. So you have to almost completely reverse your old mentality in order to do the things you want to do. And getting people to reverse their mentality is hard work.