Full-employment post-neoliberals:

There is no perfect energy policy. But if we continue our current policy of stopping anything that may cause short-term risks, we risk immense long-term damage. We have to be utilitarian.

But even those are often having negative consequences. NEPA is slowing down a significant number of clean energy projects. ifp.org/no-nepa-real...

Look at the recent AI regulation proposals spearheaded by companies like OpenAI. There’s no tragedy there, just companies trying to squash potential competitors by introducing red tape that only they are experienced enough to get around.

I’m a bit disappointed that, for such a strong YIMBY, you’re not willing to apply that logic to other industries and realize we are over-regulated, not under-regulated.

A land value tax, not actual socialization. And you don’t have to decide these things, that’s why there’s a free market.

Those were government-run projects, this proposal would be private property on public land

And that shouldn’t belong to the individual. Read Henry George.

The Consumer Welfare Standard has been the paradigm for a long time, the Biden-era shift away from it means antitrust laws themselves are de facto harsher than previously.

That’s not true, the neocons wanted to bring democracy, the Trumpists want to take democracy away

What are your thoughts on a land-value tax plan, which would remove the current property tax structure that penalizes development while incentivizing speculators to do something with their land?

Funny enough Canada doesn’t have free trade between its provinces, but inter-state trade restrictions are banned by the constitution. Annexation would actually majorly expand free trade!

This may be the only way to get MAGA to support free trade and free immigration