So why don't they do that?
Are the E's viewed as a zero-sum game, or that
balancing wealth creation and distribution is SSSocialism or Totalitarianism or Communism, or some other evil Ism? Is it fear of losing sovereign nation status--and power--replaced by some "New World Order" that conspiracy theorists bandy about?
If the US is considered a World Leader, that could spell big trouble: our states are constantly fighting with each other, or the federal government; our elected legislators have made "compromise" a dirty word; our political parties can threaten national default, shut down the government, and play russian roulette with the USD as the world's favored currency.
FFS, we can't even agree to "pool together" on
water policies! CA has a monumental drought emergency, WV coal-washing chemicals have contaminated the Ohio River and downstream intake states, PA is using tons of water 'fracking' natural gas while contaminating aquifers at the same time, NJ is still in Sandy clean-up/rehab mode, Gulf states are still cleaning up after the BP oil disaster, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita....and the port of New Orleans still has sub-standard flood protections. Then there's the Mississippi River states dealing with damaging floods, or barges stuck in low water droughts.
And WTF have we been doing? Cutting taxes, slashing budgets, eliminating federal programs, de-regulating, ignoring science and engineering as a
public utility, and handing it over to private for-profit entities. How's that workin'?