we all have skin in the game if we send them a check.
I don’t work directly for the government but I send them checks every quarter.
so do we
Taxes are withheld from our (now nonexistent) paycheck so I guess Uncle Sam and Uncle Lilmarty in MD have to wait a while, but I just sent a check to the state/local vultures for $10K in property taxes so the cupboard be looking a bit bare