There was a story on one of the morning infotainment shows early today about a restaurant chain franchise donating one day of profits to help make up some of the loss in survivor benefits for military casualties which have been suspended due to the government shutdown. The person representing the franchise stated (paraphrased), “If enough people contribute it can be taken care of…”
I believe that’s the point of taxes in a representative democracy.
I await the arrival of a giant asteroid.