&gt; With government unable to pay police as much as they need or would like, police are confiscating their revenue directly from the populace.<p>Where does the author think the funding comes from in the normal situation? It&#x27;s confiscated from the populace just the same. What is this elusive property of the government that makes it not a self-funding gang which is not present in any part of the government (e.g. police in this case) but present in the whole?