Really, the point I was trying to make is that in a true, untainted, capitalist economy, the government or anyone else for that matter would have no outside influence on what happened to the money earned. It would be reinvested in the business and the business would continue to grow. Also in my example, if the customer thought the price of the oranges was too high, they could go and buy oranges from another vendor. Doing so would cause the first vendor to adjust his prices to be in line with their true market value. That is how capitalism functions.