"Governments should be entitled to a reward" -> what??? They're entitled to a reward for a business becoming successful? You're mixing up corporate taxes and

"Governments should be entitled to a reward" -> what??? They're entitled to a reward for a business becoming successful? You're mixing up corporate taxes and individual taxes. I find your comment somewhat ridiculous - "entitled to a reward for schooling these people to wealth, for likely funding their growth (as people) and health" - even if you believe that to be the case, which is debatable, they've already paid individual taxes their entire lives to receive those things - it's not like the government waived their taxes and took a stake in their company. If you've paid taxes your entire life for the services you've already received, why would the government be entitled to your business's taxes in the future if you've created a business outside their tax scope. Take Uber - they claim they aren't a taxi service, so the government is rewriting the laws to get make them a taxi company and get their money from Uber. I highly doubt the government is doing this to try fund a happy future.