Well you have five points taking a very unconventional stance, thus, I do not think your argument is ridiculous at all. I would be more interested in the solut

Well you have five points taking a very unconventional stance, thus, I do not think your argument is ridiculous at all. I would be more interested in the solution however, taking into account the practicalities. I mean, if the government had the billions of Gates, besides using them to pay off their debt, their only option might perhaps be to give it to people on benefit who do nothing with their day whatever, rather than, as Gates has, though a rare occurrence, employ a lot of people for a very worthy cause. My point I think is that to allow people to make as much as possible, allows the society to benefit from the fundamental ideas of the free market, while, to give it to the government effectively locks this wealth in bureaucracy and grant it to people who might be very stupid and waste it all entirely to no good whatever.