[crusso]

Your list is largely comparable to what one would see as a list of goals from someone sympathetic to European style socialism.

And yet the USA is the dominant economy in the world. How do you square that reality with your claim of what a "pro-business politician" would do?

[cryptoz]

Sure, I wrote out a big answer just above.

[crusso]

You wrote rationalizations for the policies you mentioned, but you didn't address my point that the real world example of the economic dominance of the USA would be evidence that you're incorrect.

You'd think that if your policies were good for business, countries that had adopted those policies would be the most economically successful.

[shagmin]

Comparing countries with such distinct histories, geography, culture, etc., is futile.

We could very well owe the current dominance of the US due to the unfolding of events in World War 2. Aside from that, there are many countries that could never have the dominance the US has just due to the difference in population alone. An economy based on a domestic market of 300 million people is always going to have some advantages (and disadvantages) compared to one with 3 million people, even if those 3 million people are better off on average in every measurable way.

So many other variables...