Have to disagree with you here, Umair. During the Long Boom post-WWII, America invested *heavily* in infrastructure, education, and research. The interstate highway system, built during that time, is the largest public-works project ever. Our educational system was the envy of the world. And we *put a human being on the moon,* fer chrissakes. We taxed the rich up to 90%, and we had the largest, most prosperous middle class ever known. So it can be done.