I hate to say it, but they actually do need you to spend money. Your attendance and checkouts allow them to draw tax money to operate. You’re not paying at the door, you’re paying from your paycheck, and if people don’t go, they shut them down.

It’s not all doom and gloom. That tax is a great return on investment, helping to lift people out of low places and providing community service equal to all. But they’re not free, and you are spending money, just not directly