>Had that tax been retained, Schwab reasons, the government might have invested it in more diverse and accountable ways.<p>This assumes the money would still be taxed in the same timeframe, rather than just sitting in the market to grow more, which is more likely.<p>This also assumes the government is good at allocating resources to these types of projects, when in reality it would be unlikely to make any meaningful impact, as it would just be a slight increase to the budget, which would be peppered around to the military, various existing programs, and lost to waste and bureaucracy.