Wrong again, but written like a true conspiracy guy. Taxpayers elected and re-elect those who implement tax policy, they have implicitly endorsed the decisions via democracy - mostly due to willful ignorance - and are responsible for their own demise.
The hidden hand is your own, in the voting booth.
Look at the choices of candidates we've had....not a dime's worth of difference.
You didn’t say whether you think the public sector and private sector should operate the same way. I don’t dispute that the public sector abuses their civil service positions due to a total lack of accountability and oversight by those people elected to represent the people and unhold the constitution.