These agencies are unconstitutional in their existence. They are filled top to bottom with criminals, crazies, shysters.
These agencies were created by duly elected Congresscritters and ruled by SCOTUS to be Constitutional.
While I agree that the political appointees tend to be old money donors who have problems getting real work for various reasons, to include criminal records and mental problems, the rank and file of these agencies are very sane, dedicated hard working bureaucrats, believe it or not.
I have worked with people at the DoE, DoD, CIA, NIH, Treasury Department, US Marshalls, DoJ, Postal Service, IRS, FDA, Navy research, and more that I cant even remember off the top of my head right now. EVERYONE OF THEM, except for the DoJ, were admirable devoted American citizens that could have made much more money had they chosen the private sector to work in instead of the government. But after about ten years they have a skill set that is fairly exclusive to government work, for the most part, and so they only have that one employer left to them.
I am proud to have worked for the Federalis for more than 20 years and I enjoyed the vast majority of that work. Compared to the civilians I worked with outside the government, government employees are more professional, systematic and committed to success in their jobs and in their assignments across the board.
KG, I know you have seen and read of a lot of BS going on with the Federalis, but they do not represent the great bulk of Federali workers.
I swear to you that 99% of them are upstanding people who would agree with you on 80% of what you believe about the Federali government as well, depending on the Agency.
The DoJ is a pile of manure, though. That whole department should be shut down and it would be a huge improvement to its honesty, efficiency and dedication to the rule of law if they instead contracted DoJs responsibilities out to Russian mafia.