necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
> news:cauqgu$qvh$2@news.Stanford.EDU...

>> > Remember, that in a government contract, the payments received are not
> aid
>> > but merely compensation for goods or services received.
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>> And pray, how many of these poor have the advantage of selling things to
>> the government.

> This kind of logic is bordering on the absurd...

Really?

Sorry, but there is more than one way to derive a benefit from an
entity, is there not?

Do you believe you can derive a benefit only by a payout, yes or no? 

And, of course, he derives another benefit from a legal system which
protects his property and intellectual rights, as already mentioned.

If you disagree, could you explain how he does NOT derive benefit from
roads, stability, laws to protect wealth and control such things as
stock markets, legal protections of intellectual properties, etc?

Mike