My intent was not to say that the child "deserved it." I was commenting on the indirect implication that the phone company deserved it. By taking the money from

My intent was not to say that the child "deserved it." I was commenting on the indirect implication that the phone company deserved it. By taking the money from the child because they "don't deserve it" and giving it to the phone company, he's implicitly stating that the phone company deserves it.