Moi? Sarcastic? Never!
I was just agreeing with Jon_locke. In addition to income taxes, I'm guessing the average live poker pro pays ~$30k-$40k/yr to casinos and their employees in the form of rake, tokes, meals, and incidentals, which in turn, gets poured back into the economy somehow. I could also name quite a few businesses where owners are prone to dodging their tax responsibilities, and others, that not only contribute little to society, but are downright sleazy professions.
I don't fully buy the argument that poker players contribute nothing to society, or that there aren't other professions with less overall utility. But I jumped in the thread late and didn't read through all 218 posts on win rates, so I apologize if I'm being irrelevant.