[JDiculous]

It's not an issue of international politics for a country like the U.S. to raise their own taxes. It's literally a matter of tweaking numbers. Of course there would be side effects if U.S. raised them too much or in the wrong way (eg. targeting small business owners instead of billionaires), but we're not even close to that point. Overcomplicating this is just rationalizing the status quo.