[Bigun]

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.

[Your Nightmare]

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.

I think the UK would have to be considered the dominant economy of the 19th century.

But this is really irrelevant.