> so the local government gathers funds the only way they can find it. Because the local government is a bureaucracy, and the first motivation of a bureaucracy

> so the local government gathers funds the only way they can find it. Because the local government is a bureaucracy, and the first motivation of a bureaucracy is the same as with any organism, self-preservation. Rather than elections for sheriff and alderman, etc. there should be referenda every couple of years to dissolve the jurisdiction.