This reminds me of this— Thomas Jefferson: "The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered."

"Today, reversed from JFK Idea: Government functions as a profit center. Contractors, NGOs, and insiders overcharge taxpayers. Services once performed at break-even or loss for public honor now maximize profits.
Examples: NGOs receive billions with weak controls. USAID wastes funds on bloated projects. Medicare/Medicaid suffer massive overbilling and fraud losses. SSI enables ongoing abuse and improper payments.
Law enforcement has changed since the Founding Fathers. Then: frequent prosecutions of corrupt officials, swift trials for graft and abuse of power. Now: rare high-level cases despite widespread scandals, with light consequences.

OIG, GAO, GSA reports highlight repeated failures—waste, fraud, inefficiency—over decades, yet little reform or accountability. Public service became a center. Taxpayer funds enrich connected parties over national interest. We have Funded our enemies and we have invited our enemies into our political process and fund them via this corruption.