Never said they mean the same. I said they are the same set of people: "american nation" and "american society" are made of the same people, which are the american citizens. And when you take money from the "american nation", you are taking money from the same people as you were taking money from the "american society" . Under the point of view of claiming the right to be supported at the expense of everybody else, "american society" ad "american nation" are refering to the same people.