The system will not reform itself, I think that is pretty clear, and the trend is to more corruption, not less.
What WILL reform the system is wiping away all obligations (present and future) through default, inflation, and currency collapse from printing money.
So be careful what you ask for.
A new financial/government regime must not be burdened by old, corrupt, unpayable debts that obligated Americans that aren’t even born yet.
This means Social Security goes away, Medicare/medicaid goes away, federal pensions go away, everything that is piled into “unfunded liabilities/unfunded mandates” must go away.
Only then is it possible to return to a functional system with a significantly lower level of corruption.
How badly do Americans want to fix things?
There is another way but it would require that legislators and judges do what the average American does every day which is - we live within our means or we go bankrupt.
I would propose we eliminate the Fed, which is responsible for inflation, and return monetary control to the Treasury with the dollar being pegged to gold and silver.
I would propose legislation that "eliminates" all federal departments and agencies that have a counterpart at the state government level. E.g., Federal Bureau of Mines and PA Bureau of Mine Safety; Federal Department of Education and PA Department of Education - are a few examples of redundant Federal and State bureaucracies.
Eliminate all federal departments and agencies that have become obsolete or unneeded. E.g., Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, Energy ...
Legislation that cuts the budgets of every remaining federal department and agency by 10% every year until we drastically reduce the national debt.
Tariff China and other nations to extreme levels to give Americans and American business the advantage in producing and selling products sold by our foreign competitors.
Tax U.S. billionaires and U.S. corporations with billion dollar plus profits at the 90% level every year UNTIL we drastically reduce the national debt.
Drastically cut or eliminate most foreign aid.