Ah, Bowser, you always come through like a champ.
It's not the government's money in the first place. It's that simple.
Where did the "bank robber" get the money in the first place? Who is it going to? Whose money is it? Your "robber" analogy falls apart on several levels, and I'm not going to bother to toss the real "robber" analogy back in your face.