The private sector pays for nothing directly, it's job is to make money for its shareholders, that's it. Every person who is employed whether in the private or public sector pays taxes and it is the taxpayer who funds the operations of all levels of government. Furthermore, there is a greater benefit to society to have more people employed rather than less. The private sector by and large has no interest in the good of society and the role of government is fundamentally to act for the good of society. It's very sad that increasingly governments are working for the good of corporations instead.