For some reason, people calling conservatives hypocrites for using entitlement programs (things that they generally are opposed to) has been on the rise, according to my Facebook feed.
Now, as far as I’m aware, these programs exist for the benefit of all people. So, there is no rule against morally supporting it to use it. Turning down any particular group of people would be against the general liberal philosophy as I understand it. I don’t like most Republicans all that much myself but really, they are people too, more or less.
The main argument: In the cases of both thieves and tax agencies, you lose part of what you have worked for against your will. If both of these people/organizations were to offer to give some of it back, I don’t know many people that wouldn’t take it. If you get part of your money back from the thief, no one accuses you of being in support of thievery. If you get it back from the government (in the form of whatever they give it in), however, it somehow implies you support the process.
