Nice you have feelings. Unfortunately your feelings are wonderfully ignorant of any factual accuracy.
Feelings are not facts, learn the difference.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents..."--James Madison
Scandal has more often been the order of the day than not in DC. Historically its impact tempered by both the relatively slow news cycle and feedback, and the absence of electronic funds shuffling. Today the sheer magnitude and audacity is out of proportion to the theoretical capacities of a modern information society to provide appropriate oversight-external to central regulation-i.e. no fox minding the henhouse.
Its merely an obligation of We the People to freedom’s heritage that we take this seriously.
An examination of the Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant reveals many scandals and fraudulent activities associated with his administration and a cabinet that was in continual transition divided by the forces of political patronage and reform. President Grant, himself, was influenced by both forces. The standards in many of Grant’s cabinet appointments were low and charges of corruption were widespread.[1] Starting with the Black Friday gold speculation ring in 1869, corruption would be discovered during Grant’s two presidential terms in seven federal departments, including the Navy, Justice, War, Treasury, Interior, State, and the Post Office. Reform movements initiated in both the Democratic Party and the Liberal Republicans, a faction that split from Republican Party to oppose political patronage and corruption in the Grant Administration. Nepotism was prevalent, with over 40 family members or relatives benefiting from government appointments and employment. The prevalent corruption in the Grant Administration would eventually be called “Grantism”.
Teapot Dome was another interesting scandal. Bear in mind the relative size and that undoubtedly these were, and currently are in Solyndra, most probably the “tip of the iceberg” as it were. The only way a huge scandal can transpire is in the arrogance and assurance of a trail of many smaller and “successful” ones preceeding it.
Sorry I haven’t time to complete your history lesson in more detail.