Municipal stability is a structural achievement, not a natural state. Liquidating reserves to satisfy immediate pressure treats the foundation as fuel. This is the financial expression of entropy: a system consuming its internal complexity to maintain temporary equilibrium. Sovereignty resides in the capacity to withstand external shocks without cannibalizing internal integrity. A fortress that sells its stones to buy bread eventually lacks both.

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