>Wealth creation isn't zero-sum, just because someone builds a business and creates wealth doesn't mean they're taking it from others. We want a society where people are incentivized to create and grow wealth as much as they can (within bounds for environment protection and human rights), not just to some arbitrary cap before it gets taken by the government.
You're right that wealth creation isn't zero sum, but studies make this point a bit more nuanced than your argument would suggest.
Historical analysis of growth appears to indicate that equality and growth in America have been largely correlated on a decade by decade basis until the last 20-30 years. It was only in the most recent cycle of international growth that this link appears to have been broken.
So it's not simple enough to pretend that pro-wealth and pro-growth policies are one and the same; the opposite appears to have been the case until very recently.
You're right that wealth creation isn't zero sum, but studies make this point a bit more nuanced than your argument would suggest.
Historical analysis of growth appears to indicate that equality and growth in America have been largely correlated on a decade by decade basis until the last 20-30 years. It was only in the most recent cycle of international growth that this link appears to have been broken.
So it's not simple enough to pretend that pro-wealth and pro-growth policies are one and the same; the opposite appears to have been the case until very recently.