Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article caurq1$qvh$10@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/18/04 10:47 PM:

>> 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?

> Assuming that one could distort the definition of government benefit to

Sorry, that's not a distortion. It's a simple statement of fact.

Gates NEEDS good roads, good public education, good police protection,
good banking systems, stable international markets, etc., ALL of which
are funded wholely or partly by federal taxes. The very poorest really
don't derive much benefit from any of those, now do they?

Mike