Your Survival Guy knows from years of watching the differences between the Escape States and the Super States that in some places, politicians are more concerned with pushing their own political agendas than in raising the standard of living for their constituents. In a recent executive order, President Trump ordered the Attorney General’s office to take aim at state laws that hold back business and the creation of new power generation capacity. He noted some examples in the order:
- New York, for example, enacted a “climate change” extortion law that seeks to retroactively impose billions in fines (erroneously labelled “compensatory payments”) on traditional energy producers for their purported past contributions to greenhouse gas emissions not only in New York but also anywhere in the United States and the world.
- Vermont similarly extorts energy producers for alleged past contributions to greenhouse gas emissions anywhere in the United States or the globe.
- Other States have taken different approaches in an effort to dictate national energy policy. California, for example, punishes carbon use by adopting impossible caps on the amount of carbon businesses may use, all but forcing businesses to pay large sums to “trade” carbon credits to meet California’s radical requirements.
- Some States delay review of permit applications to produce energy, creating de facto barriers to entry in the energy market. States have also sued energy companies for supposed “climate change” harm under nuisance or other tort regimes that could result in crippling damages.
New York and California are consistently among Your Survival Guy’s Escape States. Those are the bottom ten ranked states on my Super States rankings.
Action Line: Trump’s actions may actually help out the Escape States that refuse to help themselves. Residents will have more profitable businesses and access to cheaper energy. Perhaps President Trump will be ironically responsible for stemming the flow of residents out of these states and into Your Survival Guy’s Super States. Time will tell. Keep up with me by clicking here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.
