It is not relevent what the thief did with the stolen property - he still owes restitution. He owes the victim enough to make the victim "whole".
>It is not relevent what the thief did with the stolen property - he still owes restitution. He owes the victim enough to make the victim “whole”.
Ok, then you better get a clue as to who this ‘thief’ really is. It’s Granny. It’s every recipient who pulled out more than they put in. It’s every politician who spent money that wasn’t on the income part of the ledger.
I hate to break it to you but plenty of the above people are dead already, and what few remain don’t have to money to pay off what you are claiming.
As such you want current and future taxpayers to pay off for this theft. This is like asking your neighbor to make restitution because the guy who robbed your house died in a car wreck.
It’s funny that when many conservatives are discussing taxes they remember that “it’s not the government’s money, it’s the people’s money”, but when it come’s to the government shelling it out for Social Security, they somehow forget where all that money comes from.