We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.
If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.
When I play my match, I can't think about anything else except what I'm doing on my side of the net.