Jonathan V. Last
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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.
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.
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.
But that's what the abundance agenda is about.
But that's what the abundance agenda is about.
But that's what the abundance agenda is about.
It is hard work. You know, who's out there in the streets doing it is Ezra Klein. What have you made of Ezra's heel turn? And this was your space. Do you feel a little jealous, you know, that Ezra's out there doing with Sam Sater and like getting shouted down by, you know, all the liberals that loved him when he was, you know, starting Vox? And what do you make about kind of like dark Ezra?
It is hard work. You know, who's out there in the streets doing it is Ezra Klein. What have you made of Ezra's heel turn? And this was your space. Do you feel a little jealous, you know, that Ezra's out there doing with Sam Sater and like getting shouted down by, you know, all the liberals that loved him when he was, you know, starting Vox? And what do you make about kind of like dark Ezra?
It is hard work. You know, who's out there in the streets doing it is Ezra Klein. What have you made of Ezra's heel turn? And this was your space. Do you feel a little jealous, you know, that Ezra's out there doing with Sam Sater and like getting shouted down by, you know, all the liberals that loved him when he was, you know, starting Vox? And what do you make about kind of like dark Ezra?
Ezra doesn't love being hated like most people. I kind of do.
Ezra doesn't love being hated like most people. I kind of do.