Such a shake-up would cripple the state's ability to fulfill even its most basic obligations — and transform it into an instrument of political power, a former high-ranking civil servant warned in an interview with Salon.

Anderson: I kind of was because I could see that I transformed and that was what I wanted.

Tens of thousands of mostly Shiite militiamen — from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and as far away as Pakistan and Afghanistan — flocked to Sayedah Zainab’s rundown neighborhoods, transforming a pilgrimage site into a military zone.

Claiming the threat of eviction could transform offenders into good tenants, the Ashfield MP said: "We need a deterrent.... I believe in a 'three strikes and out' rule."

The Heritage Foundation developed a model combining extreme deductibles and tax-advantaged savings accounts to pay the out-of-pocket expenses, which Heritage argued would “transform patients into prudent consumers.”