>rather than engage in a city-wide political process and agitate for raising their taxes and using the proceeds to pay for additional police. The thing is that

>rather than engage in a city-wide political process and agitate for raising their taxes and using the proceeds to pay for additional police. The thing is that they are more likely than non-wealthy citizens to be agitating city hall anyway. They'd just rather decrease taxes and have more control of their money than do anything to improve the city as a whole. If it gets too bad they just leave the city.