How government officials enrich themselves at our expense

It’s highly profitable to parasitize humans.

For example, US government officials seize about 36% ($28 trillion) of the wealth created in the US each year.

Government officials indirectly control most of the rest of the economy via the state's regulatory apparatus. This control allows government officials to enrich themselves by selling political favors to cronies.

As you can see, both Republicans and Democrats farm the citizenry:

• Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez goes on trial in New York on federal corruption charges

• Biden Proposes A Huge Hike In Government Spending In A $6 Trillion Budget

• These 5 Groups Are Standing in the Way of You and Legal Marijuana

• Insider Trading on Capitol Hill: Congressional Democrats Do It Better

• Hugo Chávez daughter is the richest individual in Venezuela, report claims

• Cheney's Halliburton Made $39.5 Billion on Iraq War

• Unaccountable Accounting in the Pentagon

• Analysis of Hunter Biden's hard drive shows he, his firm took in about $11 million from 2013 to 2018, spent it fast

• Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept.