Like I said. Immune.
Sure. The constant grab for more and more government power and more and more wealth funneled through the government is all out of altruism and "for our own good."
Look at the leadership in Washington, and tell me the lust for power has nothing to do with their motivations in running for those positions and keeping them. Good Lord, I can find plenty such people in my local city zoning office, never mind the Federal government.
The system SELECTS for them.