There are a lot of small and medium-sized parasites, too, not just Cantillionaires.

They feel they earned those taxpayer $$$ because they do the submission displays to the right bureaucrats, spend hours doing often literally pointless admin tasks, and risk losing big time to legal liability.

But little or none of their business's non-value-adding activity would be required or funded in a capitalist society.

I get paid by the hour, but often by these exact people.