This is the United States of America you dunce! That is the way it was supposed to be from the begining and WAS that way until 1913 when this communist inspired monster called the "progressive" income tax came into being!Over the last century, the US has become the greatest economic force on the planet. Maybe superior economic performance has nothing to do with the income tax.
I would say that the US was the greatest economic force on earth LONG before the last century and has, somehow, managed to maintain that status despite the hugh albatros the communist inspired income tax hanging around it's collective neck. That, however, won't necessarily always be the case.
"Over the last century, the US has become the greatest economic force on the planet. Maybe superior economic performance has nothing to do with the income tax."
And perhaps the USA achieved that distinction in spite of, rather than because of, its antiqated and inefficient tax system.
BTW, that invitation to defend the current tax system in a public debate is still open, just in case you have reconsidered your position.