Remove regulatory obstacles that hit progress

Some of the country's most pressing problems have a simple solution — remove the regulatory obstacles that slow progress.

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One obvious example is housing. The best way to reduce the cost of housing isn’t rent control. It’s to construct 10 million new houses. When supply dramatically increases, prices fall, according to the Tribune News Service.

There’s an increasing demand for lithium and rare earth minerals. The United States currently imports many of these vital elements. But the nation has significant untapped mineral deposits. Yet thanks to red tape, it can take more than two decades for a new mining project to come online.

These delays and hurdles are typical in virtually every infrastructure endeavor. The Southwest needs more water. Nevada needs access to oil from Eastern states. New infrastructure projects would help alleviate both problems. In 2022, former President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. It authorized hundreds of billions of dollars toward new green projects. Billions went to build a slew of charging stations for electric vehicles. By the end of 2024, only a few dozen had been built.