As usual, the biggest offender is the feds.
“The federal government’s use of forfeiture has exploded in recent years, increasing by more than 1,000 percent between fiscal years 2001 and 2014. During that period, deposits into the forfeiture funds of the DOJ and Treasury totaled nearly $29 billion. Measuring the funds’ net assets provides a more stable picture of the volume of federal forfeiture accounts from year to year, accounting for proceeds carried over from previous years as well as for obligations paid out from the funds, such as equitable sharing payments made to states. Net assets in the DOJ and Treasury forfeiture funds increased by 485 percent, from $763 million in fiscal year 2001 to almost $4.5 billion in fiscal year 2014.”...https://ij.org/pfp-state-pages/policing-profit-federal-government/
I’m beginning to understand why the deep state is so desperate to stay.