“You make it sound like they don’t pay because they can get away with it.
When they don’t pay, it’s because they don’t have the money.”
The two reasons are not mutually exclusive. If it was a mainstream business, not having the money would not be a legitimate reason. They are employing people many of whom would not work at other institutions so they don’t really have to answer to free market capitalism like real businesses. A normal business would lose employees and maybe eventually face legal trouble.
P.S. for onlookers, see what I mean about societal pressure to never criticize them?