I have come to the conclusion that the money is not being spent to subsidize the rioters, but to contain the rioters.
The fear that brought out the National Guard and induced Eric Holder to leave DC is that the rioting and looting will skip over the border into St Louis proper.
The incidents in Furguson are trivial compared to what they could be in the real city where the real hoods exist
News reports say rioters traveled from allover the nation, by car, bus and plane