Sounds like “No taxation without representation!”
On a related note, why were property taxes still due from landlords who weren’t allowed to evict non-paying tenants? Why didn’t our taxes dip when crossing guards and janitors were idled during “remote learning”?
It is clear our gubmint caste will never do anything to endanger its funding; it is the de facto party (with Dem politicians as the face of it) that runs our daily lives.