Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article cas6mk$n4e$3@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/17/04 10:35 PM:

>>>> And he get a LOT of benefits.

>>> Yes, he gets a lot of benefits from the money he has earned, but no he does
>>> not get a LOT of benefits from the US government. On the contrary, a large

>> Really?

>> So he gets no benefits from the funding of roads (which he and his
>> companies will benefit from), school systems, defense, health, research,
>> public safety, etc?

> He benefits, as everyone else does. He benefits a tad more than the poor,

He gets MANY benefits, including GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

> but no where as much as the difference in tax levels. I explained this
> before, but you failed miserabley.

What is it about (eg) government contracts that confuses you? He has 
various contracts with the municipal, state, and federal government
branches directly, as well as contracts with various agencies REGULATED
by the federal government, and his wealth is in and of itself DEPENDENT
on a stable US government.

Sorry, do you need all 1-syllable words?

Mike