However, we can see from World Bank data that many countries, such as Germany, Japan, Switzerland and the Netherlands, have highly developed industries and commerce as well as frontier innovation, but the income gap among their citizens is not so onerous.

They will also have to contend with the onerous task of finding a decent home in a convenient location at an affordable rent.

It also dovetails with the Republican president's broader efforts to unwind green regulation, much of it enacted by Democratic former president Barack Obama's administration, that he views as onerous to business.

Payments on the government debt are not so onerous if interest rates are low.