Why are you comparing the needs of an agrarian, third world economy (the U.S. in the 1880s) with the complex technological economy of today?

And why do Republicans keep saying we'll have capital flight with higher taxes? Do you really think Elon Musk is going to move to France, Italy, or Germany?

All of which, by the way, have much higher taxes in aggregate than the U.S. I'll happily trade their overall tax structure for ours. Will you?