Absolutely correct. Anytime those in government are involved in pursuing what should rightly be the role of society and NOT government, they are placed in the middle to enrich themselves or secure a future for themselves when they are no longer in government.

I have to laugh when I hear politicians say that this or that industry or bank is "too big to fail", just before they throw OUR money at it. If Egypt could fail, if Rome could fail, if the Soviet Union could fail, any industry could fail and the sun would still rise the next day.

Government necessarily creates two classes of people, tax payers and tax consumers. When the former gets the picture and stops producing, the latter will cry foul and blame their loss of entitlements on the government. The government will then blame the "evil" business owners or capitalists for the breakdown. And the game goes on and on...