I can't help but feel that is misguided because it sounds like the only solution is to lower taxes and make people happy. From my experience some of the reason

I can't help but feel that is misguided because it sounds like the only solution is to lower taxes and make people happy. From my experience some of the reasons people in my circle have left / wish to leave the US are the following: - Race relations have become more divisive. If you speak spanish in certain parts of the country you are outright asked to provide proof of citizenship as though you are a second class citizenship. BLM has also made counter movements more bold with my black friends being harassed more by the police over trivial things. -Gun Violence. I live in Florida and have had two close calls with gun massacres in Parkland and Orlando. I am reaching the age where if I were to have kids I would have to make a cost/benefit analysis of their chances getting shot down in cold blood. - Politics have become more divisive than ever. I have friends on both sides of the political spectrum and it is becoming unbearable if you are anything but a left/right wing radical. Either way every election ensures that 50% of the population is outright mad at all times. -General Cultural Differences. In the US you need to have a car to get anywhere and opportunities for employment feel very limited outside the mega city centers which tend to be very car centric and have no real culture outside of a few museums. Obviously it would help if the government was better organized but I don't see how the points I raised would be solved outside of a huge shift in culture.