Only because of the corrupt politicians that are continually elected to ayate office. They’re just as bad as anyone, if not worse, in DC. And the ones at the state and county level do it while sitting next to you at the local diner or bbq joint.
I blame the voters, not the politicians. The liberal voters are the ones who re-elect the corrupt liberal politicians and give them all of their power. Look at the shut downs, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates in liberal cities. Not a peep from the liberal voters. They lap it up like candy. Obey is the order of the day among liberals. Liberals can’t get enough government. They want to be oppressed.