@Impossible_PhD Well said. Force them to dedicate resources to something they didn’t plan for. That diverts and slows their efforts to their goals.
Frustration eventually begins to create morale problems within them, people get pressured for results, eventually get fired. That lowers morale more. Some defect and quit.
The longer we resist, the more impatient the population gets when expecting taxes to go down: they won’t. Prices will go up, goods get scarce, people unhappy. Goal.