Editorial

It’s a national scandal and a call to arms. Our country is under attack by dog and cat eaters. So says our former president. That’s right. Donald Trump is saying that in some communities, immigrants are prowling neighborhoods stealing our pets. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” he said “The people that came in. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating—they’re eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what’s happening in our country. And it’s a shame.”

Friedrich Hayek, who died in 1992, won the 1974 Nobel Prize on Economic Science and was probably the most prodigious classical liberal scholar of the 20th century. He made major contributions to our understanding of government intervention and economic calculation under socialism. Born in 1899 in Vienna during the early stages of socialism in Europe, he studied the theories of the Austrian School of Economics and found Ludwig von Mises devastating critique of socialism published in 1922 to be mesmerizing.

Louisiana has always been a leader in energy, and maintaining that distinction and expanding our energy capabilities requires a strategic mix of investments, public-private collaboration, and forward-thinking energy policy. As we continue working to diversify our energy mix and enhance energy production, it’s critical that we support and advance commonsense, pro-growth energy policies that create Louisiana jobs, support local businesses and industries, and grow our entire economy.