Tax Revenue Is a Public Good? Huh?

Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) draws a key conclusion about the Kelo vs. New London decision in his column at MSNBC:

It used to be that tax revenues were to be spent promoting the public good. Now, apparently, they're a public good in and of themselves.

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[Ashish]

And we always thought that Govt. represents public. Now Govt. is an utility-maximizing individual in its own right.