The USA got rich because of unbridled capitalism. Then richness trickled down through generations of companies while regulations caught up and their government became a behemoth not dissimilar to the ones living in EU and that the USA was running from.
Nowadays the USA jurisdiction is comparable to the EU one, but they still have more $$$.
Of course. I agree with what I think you're getting at, specifically that not nearly enough richness trickled down. However, the poorest Americans today are still significantly better off than they were in most any previous decade or century because a bit of that wealth did trickle down.
Nowadays the USA jurisdiction is comparable to the EU one, but they still have more $$$.
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