Response to the DC episode from a DC resident

To Molly and Bridget:

There is another reason to refund the city gov. And it's the same reason the right has pursued defending in other areas of government: if you remove the funding, the system falls apart. When the system falls apart, you can claim the system doesn't work and deserves to be taken over or privatized.

The goal is to destabilize the city to establish a premise for taking it over.