This almost sounds reasonable, and the knee jerk reaction is to try to justify taxes for all the good reasons we pay taxes. This is entirely wrong, that's what they want you to waste time on, while the basis of their argument continues to stand.
They are arguing from an entirely wrong premise (of course). To counter, begin by saying, "Starting a business is in the public interest." They won't disagree, but they'll want to. Forcing them to agree with you will knock them back on their heels.
Next say, "The reality is that both people who started businesses got massive tax breaks." They'll probably say, 'nah ungh', you can elaborate about all the infrastructure business uses, and how they didn't have to pay for any of this before they started a new business.
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