Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article catduj$o00$5@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/18/04 9:45 AM:

>> 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:
>> 
>>> He benefits, as everyone else does. He benefits a tad more than the poor,
>> 
>> He gets MANY benefits, including GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

> Your argument is a tad strange.

Sorry, but getting a benefit from the government is getting a benefit
from the government.

Really can't make it any clearer than that, unless you mistakenly
believe cash is the only possible benefit. Even then, Gates gets a 
greater BENEFIT FROM THE GOVERNMENT than almost anyone.

Mike