Both Germany and Finland, among a large number of other nation states, have far more government regulations of business and much higher tax rates than does the United States. (The U.S. tax burden on its citizens ranks a quite low 215th among the world’s countries.) Yet, both Germany and Finland among a large number of countries have higher rates of growth in GDP since 1995 than does the U.S.  What does this reveal to you? (IMPORTANT hint: This has nothing (!!) at all to do with the size or scale of the respective economies.)