You are confusing the issue.
I do not claim we have the best of all possible systems, or that it is one the Founders would approve of.
I’m saying other nations, in general, have greater competitive problems than we do.
In a race (or any other competition) how fast you can run is not relevant, it only matters whether you can run faster than the other runners.
In this case, just about all the other runners have even greater problems with these issues than we do. For example, just about all the other advanced economies take a greater proportion of earnings in taxes than the US does.
I found it fascinating that the only example the author could come up with was Ireland.
Run for the hills! The Irish juggernaut will soon destroy the US economy!
Respectfully, this fine Saturday morning...
So what?
We, as a nation, are overtaxed...
Growth, entrepreneurship, risk taking and capital formation take place when the people have their money and not the government.
These are just not platitudes...
Let's remove the shackles of government from the people and we will do more than win a mere race. We will win in dazzling style. Liberty.