Oui-Haw! Let’s Frenchify the Texas Economy

Governor Greg Abbott recently made a bold prediction about how Texas stands to benefit once the Trump administration takes power next week—and presumably begins cutting regulations left and right. While Paris, Texas, might not overtake Paris, France, as a global metropolis anytime soon, the Lone Star State, he said, would soon surpass France as the world’s seventh-largest economy.We’ve got more than a little work to do to make that a reality. Texas’s economic output in 2023 was roughly $2.6 trillion, well behind France’s $3 trillion. Bloomberg projects we’ll need a 17 percent surge to catch our Gallic competitors this year. To achieve this très bien goal, we might do well to draw inspiration from l’Hexagone itself.More Nukes!France has—mon Dieu—eighteen nuclear power plants. Texas has two. Abbott…

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