I'm looking at the U.S. and it thrived and built major infrastructure because it could afford to. A country could tax the crap out of the rich and misspend. No

I'm looking at the U.S. and it thrived and built major infrastructure because it could afford to. A country could tax the crap out of the rich and misspend. No matter what, we should expect and insist on competency. Not this Reaganesque idea that the government is shit no matter what.