This. People think the government is some mythical all-powerful entity. In reality the government hires from the bottom of the barrell. The lowest of the low. The lower dregs of society. Smart, wise, competent, capable, successful people don't work in government. Only the failures in life, the losers, the weak, the stupid, the incompetent, and the pathologically toxic people seek employment in government because they can't hold down a job in the private sector.