If the state pays, then you owe the state something. Probably military time
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The state can’t pay. It doesn’t have money. Society pays via taxes
People can’t pay directly to your student account. All the taxes go into the custody of the state. It is the state’s money at that point.
And the state chooses to spend it how it wants because it is their money then
It is the states money at that point. That’s true. Like when I steal your iPhone it is mine then. I’ll give you that