Why start a restaurant when the CDC will shut it down?
Why start a cell-phone dealership when #BLM and Antifa will loot and burn it to the ground.
Why come up with a new lawn gizmo that California already has plans to make illegal?
Excellent examples and there are millions more.
Why invest in any land leases from the government for oil exploration? Why start a pipeline or refinery project? Why buy any new oil tankers? Why lease oil rigs? Etc, etc, etc.
The business climate uncertainty is off the charts and we are paying dearly for that. The USA used to have stable government that changed course a bit from administration to administration, but no longer. Unless this stops, we will continue our rapid descent to Venezuela status.