I am just clarifying that the government does not own money. It just manages it.

There was a famous intervention by the previous speaker of the house (Pelosi) saying “we are giving them our money”…

That is why I started by saying “nitpicking” but in the end, it is the State’s money (or the taxpayers’, which is equivalent), not the Government.

The government has no momey, it cannot pay anyone (in a Republic, mind you).