"Life is difficult" - The first line in the book 'The Road Less Traveled' by Scott M. Peck.
I'd wager they aren't selling too many copies of that title in India or China.
Nice of "our" legislators to go out of their way to ensure that we kill two birds with one stone: We not only make sure that "Life is difficult" becomes The Way It Is for us, but, they also ensure that our pockets are emptied to make sure that it's less and less of a truism in a handful of other countries.
But hey, I guess after everything that China and India have done for us over the centuries, we owe them everything we can do to smooth the path to prosperity for them -- even as we smooth the path to poverty for ourselves.
The founders of this nation would be so proud of us, wouldn't they.