Regulators & Bureaucrats Threaten U.S. Superpower Status | Guests: W. Christian, J. Jenkins
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Wayne Christian of the TX RRC (arguably the top oil & gas regulatory body on earth) returns to the show to sound the alarm on the latest attack on America’ energy dominance. New EPA regulations could put 80% of American oil and gas producers out of business. This is an existential threat.  Certain politicians and bureaucrats seem intent on taking away oil, gas, coal, and nuclear production, ensuring our dependence on hostile foreign regimes. Every move to cripple North American energy production is a move to strengthen and enrich petro-state dictators who will pick up our market share and will do nothing to control the climate in a world where oil is still the #1 traded commodity - by a long shot. The U.S. supplied over 70% of the fuel to the allies that won the first two world wars, but will not be able to do so in a future WW3 if the regulators have their way. We will also lose 8% of our GDP and the only path forward to pay off our national debt. We cannot afford to get this wrong. - - - - - Jacki is joined by Harvard M.B.A. and author John Whitmore Jenkins to discuss his new book laying out the roadmap to take the country back from cowardly, incompetent bureaucrats:  Looking Through a Glass Darkly: Divided American and the Gathering Storm. In Pink Floyd-like style, Jenkins crafts an allegory comparing our failed leadership to the Wizard of Oz, specifically individuals lacking the brains, heart, and courage to lead. The good news is that he supplies the remedy in a chapter titled, “Dorothy’s Magic Shoes and the U.S. Constitution.”
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