Subservient Servants

The concept of a selfless and altruistic government has no meaning.

Who has the moral right to arrogantly approve or deny and so decide who gets what? When it comes to 'government spending', it is taxpayers' money. It's public money: all of it. Government has no money of it's own, but only it's grubby hands on extorted taxpayer-earned income.

Every employee works for government under the considerable threat of imprisonment. Working for government and paying (tax) for the privilege.

MP Expenses scandal: basically, it's sanctioned by government and government protects its own.

So, 'government spending' means: government spending taxpayers' money

The real corrupting force is potentially having access to the nation's wealth. Misappropriation can be hidden deep as the taxpaying public has absolutely no way of knowing how funds are used or abused.