defund
defund.01 - take away funding
DEFUND-V NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, comparison to 'fund'. No VNcls. (from defund.01-v)DEFUNDING-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT, defund.01. No VNcls. (from defunding.01-n)
Aliases:
defunding (n.)
defund (v.)
defund (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: entity taking away funding (agent)
ARG1-DIR: entity losing funding
ARG2-PPT: money, funds removed
ARG1-DIR: entity losing funding
ARG2-PPT: money, funds removed
args 0, 1
You are unwitting participants to the oldest Shock Doctrine trick in the book - 
ARG0: *PRO*
defundrel
 popular social programsARG1
 so that eventually they become dysfunctional and that 's used as an excuse to get rid of or privatize itARGM-PRP
 .ARG0: *PRO*
arg1
Progressives should be against 
derel
 -rel
 fundingrel
 and undermining of social securityARG1
 , in whatever form it takesARGM-ADJ
 .