> Engineers, he explains, are driven to build while lawyers are driven to argue, and obstruct.
This is kind of the criticism that’s provided in Abundance. American Progressives intentionally made it extremely difficult to build anything by giving everyone a veto to block anything they don’t like.
There’s a lot of people on the Left (Center Left, at least) who want to revisit this approach and make it easier to build things again.
I also want to note that they point out that the current administration has a policy of scarcity. Even if we get rid of a lot of regulation, tariffs, deportations, and high government deficits make it hard to buy materials, hire labor, and finance projects.
This is kind of the criticism that’s provided in Abundance. American Progressives intentionally made it extremely difficult to build anything by giving everyone a veto to block anything they don’t like.
There’s a lot of people on the Left (Center Left, at least) who want to revisit this approach and make it easier to build things again.
I also want to note that they point out that the current administration has a policy of scarcity. Even if we get rid of a lot of regulation, tariffs, deportations, and high government deficits make it hard to buy materials, hire labor, and finance projects.