Nah, the trend has been there for over 40 years, through tax cuts and increases. The regulations have been increasing, unceasingly.
Take just the oil development problem. Look at TX, it wasn't tapped out, but it was easier and cheaper to get it in the ME. I don't know if on this board or another someone said, "The regulationists have been the oil companies best friends." It's true.
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