I don't even know what the **** you are talking about.
Compete? We ******* already rule.
We have the most billionaires in the world.
The world pegs it's currency against the dollar.
This IS the wealthiest country in the world. No one comes close.
And how has that translated to the people?
Well lets see. In addition to having the most billionaires we have the largest gap between the haves and haves nots of any industrialized nation. Heck..we are almost third world in that regard.
Social mobility has come to a stand still.
We now have a de facto oligarchy rule by people like the Koch brothers.
Personally? Aside from your criminal background? I have no idea why you are in such a rush to shovel more money to these people.
Reagan cut taxes for the wealthy. What happened? Oh..not much. The wealthy got wealthier and the deficit started growing. Then? Reagan got desperate. He went, hat in hand to ol' Tip to raise taxes and spend money so the unemployment looked better. And they raised taxes on the poor and middle class and started spending money like crazy. That's when the economy took off.
Bush cut taxes for the wealthy. Then the deficit grew. Then he started spending like crazy on 2 wars and a bunch of other stuff. He didn't really create many jobs, but the fake economy based on war, oil and a housing bubble didn't lose them, either, until the shit hit the fan.
But what did that buy him from the wealthy? Nothing. They moved jobs overseas.
So really, guy? What's driving this?