RIGHT SIDE
Cutting waste and restoring order
Thomas martino
Trump’s cancellation of the Biden-era clean energy grants reflects the prime directive of the administration. Reduce government waste and inefficiency and restore the integrity of the executive branch by eliminating bureaucratic overreach.
Pragmatically speaking, the grants do not serve the interests of the American people. America’s economic power and national security, at least for the time being, are rooted in oil, as other methods have failed to become attractive alternatives. The future of America's energy is nuclear, which is both clean and efficient. Yet it would be a mistake for any administration to subsidize nuclear when the same incentivizing effect can be achieved through tax reductions.
Fossil fuels remain, at the moment, the best option for fueling America. Clean and renewable energy increases utility bills for the American people. The grants make more costly energy solutions artificially competitive in the market. The American people are witnessing firsthand the sharp fall in gas prices. Energy prices are falling, which means the production costs of all consumer goods will fall, offering price relief to consumers. Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia was in part to increase global oil production. It is in our favor for various reasons to foster the reduction of oil prices. And the United States has large amounts of untapped oil reserves in Alaska, meaning we are not actually in danger of depleting our resources. As Trump attempts to increase global oil production, aiding clean energy would be silly. As he attempts to reduce the government debt, spending more money is counterproductive.
Ideologically speaking, government funding of private sector industries using taxpayer dollars is socialist and does not reflect the wishes of those who elected him to office. The administration values top-down control on agencies to minimize waste and corruption. Bureaucratic overreach wastes money and undermines the hierarchical authority and legitimacy of the executive.
