But what is also true is that China has been very aggressive in gaming the trading system to its advantageand to thedisadvantage of other countries, particularly the United States.
The result will be to pedestrianise large parts of London's central area to theadvantage of millions of tourists and residents and thedisadvantage of thousands of furious taxi drivers and motorists.
These combine for an effective tax rate of 33.5 percent, very close to the above situations, and your slight federal tax advantage is likely offset by a disadvantage at the state level.
Moreover, some Republican operatives argue that the 2008 campaign showed that starting early doesn't really offer much of an advantage, and may be a disadvantage.
Our slice of the earth supplies us with some things, and in making others and providing services we operate at either an advantage or disadvantage in respect of other economies.