“We took this from you. We will now give some back to you and keep part of what you buy with it, which you will then continue to pay property taxes on.”
"You didn't vote for us, but the majority did, so we'll take your money, and give some of it to those who did vote for us, under the guise of welfare, so that they'll vote for us again in the next elections."
Government money is taxpayer money.
“We took this from you. We will now give some back to you and keep part of what you buy with it, which you will then continue to pay property taxes on.”
"You didn't vote for us, but the majority did, so we'll take your money, and give some of it to those who did vote for us, under the guise of welfare, so that they'll vote for us again in the next elections."