Where do I get my subsidy for health insurance? My employer? Well yes. I guess I do. But wait, don’t they also have to pay the government to employ me? And where does my “employer subsidy come from”? That’s right, the wealth I contribute to my company through my work as an employee. We don’t go collect other people’s money to pay for my insurance (outside the company).
But alas, the government does not produce anything. They only collect revenue by means of the sword (which used to be called a law).
Actually, it's a gun now.