[thulldud]

As is generally the case the first concern of government is to prohibit fraud in payments.

Generally, but in the case of the current government, the concern is to keep the fraud in the "family."

Car dealers may think they are sitting at the dinner table, but they are not going to be told anything about the "family business" in any case.

[muawiyah]

True enough ~ the current "government" (in the British sense of the word) or "regime", as it is more properly understood in the Latin American sense of the word, is concerned with both "fraud" (protecting it) and "control" (exercising it).

This is the problem with living in Chicago too long ~ you get corrupt and out of touch.