I *am* a taxpayer. I’ve already paid for and continue to pay for all of that. In this scenario, I’ve paid my legally owed taxes both prior to being a business owner and after (it’s kinda hard to get a loan when you have IRS liens, etc). As long as I pay my employees minimum wage I am doing everything correctly.

BTW, I never said I wanted all the rewards. I never said or inferred that I wouldn’t pay a fair wage, I simply said that it was up to me as the business owner. Certainly if I underpay my workforce my business will suffer. You think that every business owner is out to stiff their employees. That guides your entire existence and thought process. You view “capital” as the enemy. When in fact capital can be your neighbor, your father in law or some 24 year old geeky Harvard grad.