The west can do it but we're hamstrung by a system of privatized taxes that makes everything cost two to three times more than it should. Privatized taxes as i

The west can do it but we're hamstrung by a system of privatized taxes that makes everything cost two to three times more than it should. Privatized taxes as in when the government needs to buy land for something it has to pay inflated prices inside a ginormous real estate bubble. Labor is expensive because laborers have to pay 50% of their wages as rents.