HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST
COUPLE DECADES IS OFF OR NOT IT
SEEMS RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LET’S
BRING IN FORMER SENIOR ECONOMIC
ADVISOR TO DONALD TRUMP STEVE
MOORE.
IT HARKENS BACK 50 YEARS TO
1970s, WE HAD THIS ERA CALLED
LIMITS TO GROWTH WHERE WE WERE
SUPPOSED TO LIMIT ENERGY USE,
THE CAPITAL YOU USE IT IF YOU
WERE AN ENTREPRENEUR AND NOW
EVEN FOOD.
THIS REALLY IS A DISGRACE, NOT
AT ALL WHAT AMERICA SHOULD
>> YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND WHEN
YOUR PRODUCER TOLD ME ABOUT
THIS STORY I SAID I DIDN’T
BELIEVE IT BECAUSE WE ARE THE
BREADBASKET OF THE WORLD, THE
MOST PRODUCTIVE, THE MOST
INCREDIBLE FARMLAND IN THIS
COUNTRY.
MY WIFE GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA
WHERE YOU CAN GROW EVERYTHING,
WHEAT, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SO
I’M DISTURBED BY THIS.
I THINK YOUR ANALYSIS IS SPOT
ON.
ENERGY IS INCREDIBLY CORTICAL
TO GROWING FOOD.
MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT.
NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT IN
TERMS OF THE FERTILIZER AND
IRRIGATION THAT ARE NECESSARY
FOR AGRICULTURE BUT ENERGY IS
NECESSARY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF
THE FOOD AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED
TO DIESEL.
THESE ARE ALL MAKING
UNFORTUNATELY AMERICAN
AGRICULTURE LESS PRODUCTIVE
RELATIVE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND
THAT IS A C SHIFT BECAUSE WE’VE
BEEN FOR THE LAST -- AND
EXPORTER, NOT AN IMPORTER.
DAVE: THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHAT
MAKES AMERICA GREAT IS THERE
ARE NO LIMITATIONS TO GROWTH.
WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO TO
THE MOON, WE HAVE A CAPACITY TO
BECOME ENERGY INDEPENDENT, TO
FEED THE WORLD, AND BY THE WAY,
BECOME ENERGY INDEPENDENT BY
HAVING CLEANER AIR AS WE PROVED
OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS THROUGH
THE USE OF NATURAL GAS AND
CLEANER FORMS OF FOSSIL FUELS
SO WE CAN DO ALL THAT UNLESS
YOU HAVE THIS CONFINING MINDSET
AND REMOVE ALL THE CAPITAL FROM
THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND GIVE IT
TO GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WORRIES ME, WE ARE A COUNTRY
WHERE FOOD PRODUCTION FALLS A
LITTLE BIT, WE COULD GET THE
FOOD FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND I
WANT IT MADE IN AMERICA BUT WE
HAVE OTHER OPTIONS BUT WE ARE
SEEING INCREASE ACCORDING TO
THE UNITED NATIONS, HUNGER AND
FAMINE AND EVEN STARVATION IN
SOME CASES IN SOME COUNTRIES
BECAUSE THEY’VE DONE THE SAME
THING, THE UNITED STATES HAD
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE GOING
TO OTHER NATIONS SAYING DON’T
USE MODERN FERTILIZER, DON’T
USE COAL PLANTS AND THAT IS
CAUSING REAL HUNGER PROBLEMS
ALL OVER THE WORLD SO WE BETTER
GET SERIOUS ABOUT PRODUCING THE
ENERGY WE NEED TO PRODUCE
FACTORY GOODS AND AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS BECAUSE AS YOU AND I
KNOW THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO
GROWTH AS LONG AS WE HAVE CHEAP
AND ABUNDANT ENERGY WHICH WE
SHOULD HAVE BUT WE DON’T HAVE
RIGHT NOW.
THE DIESEL PRICES I WAS JUST
TALKING ABOUT OUR TWICE AS HIGH
AS THEY WERE WHEN TRUMP LEFT
OFFICE.
DAVE: IF YOU CAN’T DO ANY OF
THIS, CAN’T HAVE INNOVATION OR
PRODUCTIVITY WITH STAGFLATION,
THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU
HAVE THE GOVERNMENT DRAINING
THE RESOURCES OF THE PRIVATE
SECTOR THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
ENERGY IS THE KEY COMPONENT TO
TURNING THINGS AROUND BUT YOU
HAVE TO STOP FOR GRAB BY THE
GOVERNMENT TO BECOME A MORE SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
>> I WAS WITH YOUR BUDDY LARRY
KUDLOW AND WE MADE EXACTLY IS
THAT POINT THE TOP PRIORITIES
FOR REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE
NUMBER ONE, TO SECURE AMERICA’S
ENERGY SUPPLY AND MOVE AWAY
FROM THE POLICIES OF BIDEN SO
WE CAN BE NUMBER ONE IN ENERGY
BUT NUMBER 2, MAKING SURE WE
ARE NOT DIVERTING RESOURCES
FROM OUR PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO
GOVERNMENT AND THAT MEANS SOME
BIG CUTS IN GOVERNMENT
SPENDING, SO THEY ARE FREED FOR
OUR PRODUCTIVE PRIVATE SECTOR
WEATHER IS FARMERS OR
MANUFACTURERS.
DAVE: IS THE GOP CONGRESS, THE
MAJORITY GOP CONGRESS, ARE THEY
GOING TO HAVE THE POWER TO PULL
BACK ON THIS, AND ONE THING WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT, NOT
SUPERSIZE THE IRS, PUTTING
MONEY IN BUREAUCRATS OFFICE BUT
SUPERSIZE THE PRIVATE SECTOR?
>> TRICKY QUESTION.
DO THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DO
IT?
YES.
IT TAKES TWO CHAMBERS OF
CONGRESS TO PASS ANY NEW
SPENDING SO REPUBLICANS HAVE A
ONE HOUSE VETO OVERSPENDING
THEY DON’T WANT TO DO BUT DO
THEY HAVE THE BACKBONE OR
FORTITUDE TO DO IT?
WE HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.
DAVE: BACKBONE IN THE BELTWAY