Printing the very dollar bills with which people trade.

Public roads.

Rural electrification.

Government subsidized telephone wiring.

Satellite communications.

Police protection.

Military protection.

A criminal justice system.

Fire protection.

Paramedic protection.

An educated workforce.

An immunized workforce.

Protection against plagues by the Centers for Disease Control.

Public-funded business loans, foreclosure loans and subsidies.

Protection from business fraud and unfair business practices.

The protection of intellectual property through patents and copyrights.

Student loans.

Government funded research and development.

National Academy of Sciences.

Economic data collected and analyzed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Prevention of depressions by Keynesian policies at the Fed (successful for six decades now).

Dollars protected from inflation by the Fed.

Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Public libraries.

Cooperative Extension Service (vital for agriculture)

National Biological Service.

National Weather Service

Public job training.

"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took all of it from them."



Edward Albert Filene (1869-1937)



Filene (of Boston's Filene's Department Stores) founded the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to encourage businesses to contribute to the welfare of their communities. He eventually quit the organization, disappointed that it had become a bastion of right-wing conservatism and an anti-tax lobby.



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