Where the hell do you think we/our forefather's/current tax spenders got/get their "ideas"?
Hell, we're still two or three years behind your curve ... that's about how long it takes to get our versions of your taxes/government edicts/intrusions/TV sitcoms/social ills/ad infinitum, up and running.
Maybe if you guys would dump some damn tea in the river and refresh our memories of how it was done ....