[dahfizz]

> sure x spent 100m on postgrad study of his niche interest, but if the treasury had got it instead it could have spent it on teaching everyone's kids to read and write.

You and I both know that all that money would have gone to defense contactors and hospital administrators if the government had taxed it.

On average, nonprofits provide substantially more public good per dollar than the government does.

[jimnotgym]

This also doesn't have to be true. The same class who are hoarding the wealth are the same class lobbying the government about how to spend tax dollars.