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Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to persons or groups, already large holders of capital, through official subsidies.

Immanuel Wallerstein
Government, Groups, Taxation
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.54, Verso
Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to persons or groups, already large holders of capital, through official subsidies.