You are so blinded by your ideology that you cannot even imagine that what you are saying is actual bullshit. The only 'social compact' that USA had and was built upon and indeed thrived upon until the problem arose after the turn of the 20th century was that the government is small and unobtrusive and people are free to do business as they like. That is how USA became the largest creditor nation, largest manufacturer nation on the planet in such a tiny period of time, mostly after the Civil war and before the Federal reserve got the power to monetise government debt.
1981 was not the problem, actually 1981 with Paul Volcker's 21.5% interest rate was the correct step towards the solution to the problem that was in the making from 1908 (Sherman's act and breaking up of Standard Oil), through 1913 (creation of the IRS and the income tax and of the Federal reserve), through 1917 (allowing the Federal reserve bank to monetise debt of Congress), through 1925 (USA Fed monetising bad UK debt to France, which caused the bubble and the collapse of the bubble that in 1929), 1930 and all the way to 1945, which was the Great Depression era caused by Hoover and FDR with their 'Great Society' (really Horrific and Destructive Society), the depression was only thwarted by the end of WWII, when gov't cut taxes by 33% and spending by 66%, 1950s and 60s, which were full of nonsense like creation of Medicare, expansion of SS, finally 1971 when Nixon defaulted on the gold dollar in response to all of the previous government created inflation.
1981 was the year of a major correction to the problems created by the socialist, welfare state policies of the huge government and knuckleheads who have no idea about their own history or principles that the country was founded upon.
Those principles were very specifically against large government and for the individual liberties, of-course the principles have been violated time and again and this violation has been instilled into the likes of you, who have no idea what they are talking about.
1970s default on the gold dollar following all of the big government policies that started with the traitorous Teddy Roosevelt is what destroyed USA as a major economy of the world. The last 40 years have been a reflection and an inevitable progression towards the end of that economy and society simply based on the fake money created at an ever increased pace by the Federal reserve, monetising ever growing government expenses and debts.
No one should pay income related taxes. USA was not built with income related taxes, it was built with absolute minimal taxation on some imported goods and alcohol. USA was destroyed with large government and income taxes, that is true.