Not to put too fine a point on it, but exactly how much more does it cost the military to defend our coastline if the nation is packed with millionaires, as opposed to a nation packed with poor people? Are the ships more expensive? The tanks? The missiles?

And do the cops patrol Beverly Hills in cop cars that cost a hundred times more than the cars they use to patrol the ghettos? In fact, come to that, where do they actually use up more resources? Beverly Hills or the ghettos?

We're talking about the real COST of government services. How much the people earn who are getting the services provided the public as a whole is totally irrelevant. I can't believe I'm having this much trouble explaining this.

Your argument is meaningless, unless you think it's perfectly reasonable that a rich man should pay a hundred dollars for a hamburger at Wendys that cost fifty cents to produce, while everyone else pays two bucks. Come to think of it, a "soak the rich" liberal would probably think that is just fine.