I do know that a lot of Americans are no longer bothering to try to build anything, mainly since they’ll just be burdened with one regulation after another.
A young mother I know (under 30) started a home business @ 2 years ago that’s been very successful. She works her butt off. She is really disgusted with all the regs she has to contend with and what it’s done to her family’s tax situation.
In Washington, DC a few years ago the govt. masterminds decided to require a Basic Business License for all business activity however small. One has to declare that they do not owe the city $100 or more in order to get one. If fighting a $100 plus traffic ticket, mistaken bill from Tax and Revenue, or any of the other myriad mistakes a govt. bureaucracy can make, you can’t get your licens.