It's probably not, but the current administration doesn't want to pay any of the bills for the people producing their food. A penny spent on the less fortunate is one that doesn't go into their pockets.
these pennies do power the inernet and phones of your libraries though. And compared to the overall budget, calling these costs pennies is a magnitude too large.
I was making a point that they are only trying to steal and hoard money, which when they are the only ones with money, money will have no value and you can't eat them.