[CobaltBlue]

The government not only "eats taxes," it creates value, e.g., the Internet, medical research, scientific research. Many new inventions are developed by government researchers or academic researchers using government grants. These inventions are then awarded to private companies to develop.

[ex-snook]

"These inventions are then awarded to private companies to develop. "

OK so name the companies and the number of jobs created 2003. This is probably an unfair question to you but if what you say really amounts to more than a hill of beans, then others must know from plentiful evidence.