I could not finish reading this. The paper started with examples of entrepreneurial success that depend heavily upon government regulation; namely the artifici

I could not finish reading this. The paper started with examples of entrepreneurial success that depend heavily upon government regulation; namely the artificial scarcity generated from copyright and patents. Also the statement "These high earners have made significant economic contributions...", which is an axiom I am not willing to accept without some convincing argument. I found it impossible to read a paper that started dense with immature postulations and grandiose assumptions. The author should have been aware of the political climate of such a paper and attempted some care of his argument: At the very least admit to the reader that he's making ridiculous assumptions, but the argument will reveal itself with more reading.