@sarae I guess where I'm going is that I think in general the people actually overseeing the work who understand its value don't have more money to spend, while roughly half of the people in Congress who can allocate money are openly hostile to both scholarship and the government in general (aside from law enforcement and national defense). So, while in another context you might expect withholding volunteer work to result in payed work, in this case I would simply expect it will result in the work not being done.

Not that anyone should feel obligated to give away their time, but I don't think that those who can and choose to are actually displacing a paying position as a result of this situation.