REOPEN ECONOMY WITHOUT BIG GOV: States should rely on MARKET for coronavirus recovery, NOT bailouts

Todd Staples, President of the Texas Oil and Gas Association, is on the Texas task force assigned to help the state reopen its economy safely. But after watching how Texas oil producers are efficiently responding to the current oil crash, Staples is convinced of one thing during the coronavirus recovery: states should rely on simple and true MARKET demands, NOT on bailouts from big government. That strategy has worked in the oil industry — and everywhere else — time, and time, and time again.