This idea of "user fees" for subjects of the government is a cancer. Governments need to be seen as their own independent entities with their own responsibility

This idea of "user fees" for subjects of the government is a cancer. Governments need to be seen as their own independent entities with their own responsibility for their actions, not some blameless ambient authority that just exists. The government chose to put these people in cages, regardless of it perhaps being sensible policy agreed upon by the public. The responsibility of paying for the cages to put people in should rest fully on the government. It's quite perverse to take away someone's freedom and then charge them for the "privilege" as if it's some type of consensual arrangement. The same goes for criminal "court costs" and even "permit fees". The true cost of government needs to reside with the government rather than being externalized. If that makes certain government activities "too expensive" and there is no political will to pay for their true costs, then those activities should be scaled back to exist within their means.