> The size and scope of a government is not what makes bad performers perform badly. It's bad people combined with bad policies. How bad is a different topic (there is no absolute 'badness', but there are definitely differences).

The larger the size and scope, the more opportunity there is for bad actors. More cracks to slip through. More tills to dip into.

It’s not the factor that makes a person corrupt, but the bigger the government, the more room there is for more corrupt people.