>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.
Recipients like "Granny" didn't "pull out" money, the government "dished out" money in excess of what individuals paid in plus accrued interest. Don't put this on Granny - she was promised her money back by the politicians.
Yes, we can certainly blame politicians. We can also blame the ADD/ADHD scammers and their statist enablers. We can blame those that didn't pay in but still collect. We can blame a lot of people but DON'T blame the people who, against their own will, had the money stolen from themselves and their employers over the years with the promise that they would have retirement income. They did not cause this mess.
I've had the money stolen from my pay for 35 years and counting, and I WILL BE MADE WHOLE, regardless of what you or the other marxists want. If the government can't find the money, take it from the deadbeats in the welfare class. Take it from the folks that DIDN'T pay in to SS but collect benefits. Take it from Fort Knox. I don't give a fat rat's ass how they do it, but they had better pay me back what I unwillingly paid them for all these years.