Government took on jobs that could serve the public more economically than the private sector, hence the term Public Servants, when government mismanages and public allows it by apathy we have what we have here in the U.S.
We were always required to participate in our governing, not through money at officials and turn them loose.
Ben Franklin when asked what kind of government they had formed is attributed to have said., "We have given you a Republic, IF you can keep it".
We have been given this refreshing opportunity to reclaim what we were given by the Greatest Generation.
blessings