Nothing short of theft, under color of office. This, in itself, is reason enough to be armed, heavily.
There’s no dealing with this mindset, and I guarantee you the majority of dems think this way. They will have to be resisted with force some day, I fear.
My libinlaw said something very similar to this a few years ago wrt nationalized healthcare. I said “how are we going to pay for it?”
Her reply was “the money’s out there!”