Tax revenues are down. Because huge corporations and obscenely wealthy people don't pay their share. Because they don't think they should have to. Because they think the money is going to brown people who don't want to work. What their tax money does is build infrastructure and schools. "We don't care", the rich say. "We can build infrastructure better anyway- in a manner that better serves our needs exclusively and keeps the hungry brown people away." Tax revenues are down. Gonna have to cut social programs and infrastructure. "That's good." say the rich. "We'll take over all your schools and public works. We can do it better. After all- we're rich and you're not- that proves we're better at things than you are." Well- you'll have to fund social programs too or people will die in the streets, crime will increase and society will decay further. "That's ok." the rich say. "We will eliminate all social programs and the weak and sick can fend for themselves in the urban food deserts we've created with our big-box retail business model. That means our labor force will be more desperate and work harder for less and be more accepting of a decreased quality of life. How much do you want for the school? We're going to tear it down and build a church where we can teach people fear and control."