Maybe for the government to start running short on public money to spend will be a good thing?

It's not like any citizen benefits from SOEs. Those that can afford it, buy everything from the private sector. From medical aid, to security, to transportation, to schooling, to telecommunications. We don't really get much from our tax money. Of course, the poor suffer. So in that sense, much could be said of "follow the money" when the gush begins to shrivel. How will the poor along with the rich get squeezed even further? At what point will it all break apart to force a change? At any rate: We need change.