They benefit more from the public realm that taxes provide for. We built the strongest nation the earth ever had seen under presidents like Eisenhower when the top marginal tax rate on the richest Americans was 91%. That's because hardly anyone paid that ... they put their money into tax-sheltered investments that built commerce instead of bleeding it dry through profit-pocketing. They put their money to work so it wouldn't be taxed, which helped everyone in the economy.