America's Troubling Investment Gap - WSJ.com

When the central government is hostile to investors and those that profit off of investment of capital, you will get less of it. In the case of the US, it is a lot less. Threats of higher taxes, deadening regulations and a government bent on punishing those to the create new products, invest, hire people and profit from these activities will drive investors away and drive internal investors offshore.

America's Troubling Investment Gap - WSJ.com