We don't really have much left of laissez-faire capitalism anymore. If we simply eliminated double-taxation of dividends, so corporations weren't taxed on dividends,there'd be strong pressure to increase dividend payouts and that would reduce the overpayment of executives. Right now, it's expensive (because of taxes) to pass cash to the stockholders, so the the corporate boards feel free to overpay in an attempt to buy growth.
With this socialist intrusion (income tax), we are approaching the same class structure as the USSR. The nomenklatura (business bosses, political bosses) get all the money and stature. The fight between R and D is just between which part of the nomenklatura gets the biggest chunk.
Name someplace else where it looks better for the working man. And be sure to compare contrasts rights and freedom against private vs public payment for medical care.
Europe.
parsy, who is thinking of becoming a cheese eating surrender monkey.