&gt;&gt;Pg addresses this issue in his essay &quot;So if you made it impossible to get rich by creating wealth in your country, the ambitious people in your country would just leave and do it somewhere else.&quot;<p>This is exactly what is happening, even now.<p>Why do you think ridiculously smart and hard working people in countries like China and India, graduating from the top universities in their countries come to the US and take great pains to stay and work in the US.<p>If you make it impossible to succeed people don&#x27;t even try, or find loopholes or else go where the rules of the game are fair.