The "abundance" discourse, sparked by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book of the same name, has directed a lot of attention to liberal America's failure to build.
Blue cities and blue states can't deliver projects on time and on budget, which is dragging down economic growth and sending people fleeing to red states that can.
As much truth as there is to that complaint, it ignores the other reason people hate progressive governance: the complete inability of politicians and bureaucrats to keep their noses out of individuals' private business.
