If one looks up the etymology of the word appropriate: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appropriate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appropriate "From Middle Engl

If one looks up the etymology of the word appropriate: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appropriate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/appropriate "From Middle English appropriaten, borrowed from Latin appropriatus, past participle of approprio (“to make one's own”), from ad (“to”) + proprio (“to make one's own”), from proprius (“one's own, private”)." So when you write, "when you give away money as tax cuts" it gives the impression that allowing people to keep more of their earnings is giving them things, it comes across as Orwellian. Legislation was passed, and signed into law. In the U.S., following the law is not giving people things, but income taxes are giving the federal government things (sometimes states too).