# Profits are a tax on labor

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**Created:** [July 12, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profits-are-a-tax-on-labor/663283 "2013-07-12T03:07:25Z")\
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> [@Human\_Action](#):
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> She pays far more in taxes than she collects in government benefits. Her lifestyle represents a subsidy for everyone for whom that isn’t true.

No. Try to imagine a much smaller number of people on a desert island like Gilligans Island or something. Can Mr. and Mrs. Howell just sit back and have everyone else feed and clothe and house them while they do nothing to feed, clothe, and house anyone else, just because they have a chest full of money that their parents gave them?

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