Well, because of the "social contracts" inherent to a democracy, the ones who didn't vote for them are responsible for paying too.
After all you can't ignore the law, unless you 1) make the law, 2) enforce the law. "Some pigs are more equal than others."
"Um, duh, he's under arr.. no, wait, I mean, uh, forget it."
"We need your camera for, like, um, wait, it's coming to me, evidence," followed by trying, unsuccessfully, to delete the "evidence."
Whadda buncha marOONS!