to produce inevitably unsatisfactory results. The under-staffing being pursuant of course to the sovereign and overriding, 'private' principle of maximizing profits (in this case, presumably, the money 'saved' (rather than profits, as such), being hived off for 'empire-building', 'vanity projects' by the Big Wheels of local government.

The Flint water crisis would be an example, although somebody has reported today that it looks like it was a Disaster Capitalism venture, all along ! I didn't read the article, but it presumably means their corporate buddies will be able to get their hands in the till.