And, pretty much unfettered access to the country for Eastern European immigrants.
You can have your opinions, but facts are facts.
We became the ruler of the world because we has vast lands, full of resources, great masses of unskilled immigrants who would work long hours, for little money, and the Europeans did us a favor by killing off generations of young men twice within 30 years.
Sure, we are smart and industrious, but it wasn’t really rocket science ( which we got from the Krauts.)
America has, is, and will be great for one thing and one thing only: NOT because of government, but THE FREE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUILDING THEIR LIVES AS THEY SEE FIT and their voluntarily participation in the market economy free from government interference.
That’s not an opinion - that’s a fact Jack.