When people meet for lunch in DC, there is a common practice of exchanging business cards. The difference between exchanging business cards in DC versus anywhere else in the country is that people commonly have three different business cards in DC.
“Here is my card for my elected office, here is my consulting card, and this is the card for the non-profit I run.” The unspoken part is as follows: “This is where you can’t pay me, this is where you can pay me but must appear unaffiliated with what you want, and this is where you can donate money that will end up in my pocket.”
The Constitution made it clear that the only powers held by the federal government were those enumerated in the Constitution. The 10th Amendment clarifies that all other powers are left to the states. Unfortunately, the federal government has appropriated powers not given to it by the people and has metastasized into a massive collection of administrative organizations.
When all the organizations are in one city, you end up with an inbred group of insiders who see their selves as the ruling class. For the people to retain government control, DC must be decentralized and compartmentalized.
The border patrol offices should be placed along the border. This way, those who work there are at risk more than other citizens should the borders become unsafe. The Department of Energy should have offices where energy is harvested, such as in Texas, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. Iowa and Nebraska would be perfect places for the Department of Agriculture offices. Offices that do not need to be in a specific area of the country should be broken up and scattered around the country.
First, disperse the offices around the country, then compartmentalize them. Fraternization with members of other organizations should be forbidden and come with a penalty of dishonorable discharge. The “swamp” can’t fester if the members of different organizations can’t mingle and network with one another. Employees of the various agencies should see their employment as a service to the country, and a sacrifice they make is to keep their work at arm’s length from other agencies.
When all agencies are in the same city, the employees of these agencies all get to know one another, network, then work backroom deals that betray the public. The way to end or limit this as much as possible is to break it up and forbid fraternization, which leads to corruption.