Government

The US government has checks (to collect) and balances (to spend).
As a ruling body it's a three-headed monster with arms (nuclear) and legs (legislature) and big waste. The capital seat is where the asses sit.

An alternative origin of the term Government was derived in from the three root words, Go, Over, and Men. So the meaning of Government is to go over men, or to rule over, dictate, or otherwise oppress the people. In other words, to overpower the mass of weaker men and forcibly crush them into submission. This is what people, and by extension, governments have done for thousands of years. On some levels it's a successful business model.

Centuries of rule by ruthless tyrrants have conditioned people to fear government workers at every level. They think that all the workers have special power as members of the regime and can make trouble for them if they do not respect their status as a government agent. Citizens pay taxes that finance the military and police who enforce laws that require civilians to do whatever serves the interest of the government. In turn the government gains public support by doling out funds for selective programs that serve the interest of the politicians who appropriate the funds. Such deals are called pork barrell projects because the stench of corruption smells like a rotten pig. Lobbyists and special interest groups scratch and claw tooth and nail competing for funds. Those who bribe and donate the most to a party's campaign coffer are rewarded with government funds—a percentage of which politicians recieve in the form of a kickback.

The old saying, "Good enough for government work", refers to the fact that government work is substandard because government workers have no incentive to do good work. If the did good work one time it would set a precident and the public would expect them to do it again.

The majority of government workers are just lazy overpaid bureaucrats, political appointees or despots who enjoy high salaries and generous fringe benefits and other perks. In return they and their extended family and friends must campaign for the re-election of their boss to keep the political machine working and the gravy train rolling. Once elected this is standard procedure that each administration uses to consolidate it's power and enrench itself in the governmental institution. It's a viscious cycle that breeds a psychological culture with an anal retentive complex on a massive scale. The most obvious symptom is constipation manifested as legistive gridlock. It's a deep-seated issue that's difficult to purge. That's why the term "seat" is used in politics The only cure is to unseat an incumbant. To do that requires total transparency and the intense heat of the media spotlight focused on the slick movements—particularly bowell movements of the sitting official. Such a remedy would be a purely technical matter involving a natural bodily function so they should have no reason the object unless they have something to hide. In fact the result of toilet hygene inspection and stole analysis may prove their innocence. Or it may reveal a lot about their true self. Either way they should wave their right to privacy in order to eliminate any suspicion regarding their guilt.

The term Big Brother is used in regard to the police state instead of Big Father because people would rather be ruled by their brother than their father because their father was probably a strict domineering jerk, while their brother was a trusted friend who joined them in the same mischievous activities. An even more stern figure than Big Father is Uncle Sam who “wants you” to die in a war, or at least be tortured in a POW camp.

Economics

It’s no joke when politicians smugly say the famous quote, “Money is the mother’s milk of politics”. An assortment of lawyers, bureaucrats, power brokers and con artists collaborate in the grand scheme—and in the mad scramble for a piece of the action. Cut-throat manipulation is the name of the game, and backstabbing power plays ensure that the buck always stops with them.

Most economic systems are basicly the same. The rich are getting rich at the expense of the poor even though some of the poor don't realize it. In some industries part of the probblem is that money is needed to pay for labor, materials, and other costs of production. There's constant pressure from management lower costs and increase productiviity. Lots of low wage slaves are needed to do the work and consume the products they make. They prosper and their numbers multiply but they eventually get lazy, demand more money, and go on strike if they don't get it. Meanwhile as the crisis grows out of control government and industry fear widespread rebellion that requires a drastic measure to control. Their solution is selective genocide in the form of biological and industrial diseases targeting the rabble-rousers and older less productive workers whose Social SSecurity or pension payments are a budgetary burden.

The conventional wisdom In regard to the gap between the rich and poor is that the top 1% of population controls 99% of the wealth and the bottom 99% of the population wants the tables turned. However it doesn't take a Nobel prize winning economist to know that if the wealth was redistributed away from the rich professional managers then scattered and squandered amongst the poor huddled masses for cheap thrills and Happy Meals the economy may not function as well.

Politicians and economists do their best by cooking the books and broadcasting rosy scenarios with charts, graphs, and technical gobbledygook while keeping the military well funded just in case.

Conspiracies

In essence all politics are just one big conspiracy.

Conspiracies are interesting and intriguing because they reveal the diabolical inner workings of politics. The public is surprised and startled by the dastardly deeds their leaders do on a daily basis. Although there has been constant reports of conspiracies throughout political history people are still skeptical because they find it difficult to believe that an elected official in the public eye would be so brazen as to pull such a stunt. The bigger the atrocity involved the harder it is to believe. Whenever a conspiracy theory is proven to be true people think that it's an isolated case. The fact is that it's just the tip of the iceberg.

The government officials observe peoples' apathetic reaction to the outrageous things they do. They know that the people are too ignorant or too busy to complain. So they go a bit further slowly pushing the envelope conspiring more conspiracies just to see how much more they can get away with. Sometimes the media makes a half-hearted effort to expose them. Some small groups protest but are labeled anarchists agitators, radical rebels, or terrorist traitors. It seems as though the government authorities actually want the citizens to rebel so they can declare marshal law. That way they would have complete control—game over.

Politicians think that conspiracies are a good way to do business and even necessary for their survival. A conspiracy is more than just a plan of action, or sneaky plot, or devious scheme. It's always unethical and immoral, often illegal, and occasionally a crime against humanity. But in the twisted mind of the conspirator it's justified. For these power hungry megalomaniacs it's a gamble that's worth the risk because rarely are they caught.

All politicians conspire one way or another. It's common practice that is done so flagrantly a lot of conspiracies are discovered by an opponent who then blackmails them. So many politicians blackmail each other that politics has become one big game of ubiquitous blackmailing and counter-blackmailing. As one of the main reasons for legislative gridlock it explains the impotence of some politicians. Their failure to act is due to an opponent's threat to expose them in a conspiracy that would end their career.

Scandals

The political arena is a bastion of bastards in a hotbed of hyperbole. As such it's also a breeding ground for scandals.