As a counterpoint, "The Government" isn't some monolithic enterprise. It's made up of thousands of people working for the interests of themselves and millions of others.

Since it would be naive to suggest that there aren't those in public office or employed by the government who engage in morally dubious behavior, wouldn't it make sense to want more sane, rational, and "benevolent" people working there as well to balance it out?

The idea that nobody should work for the feds or the state because others in power engage in bad behavior would imply that we should just give up and leave it to the "bad guys".

I think that human nature means there will always be either evil or ineffectual individuals in positions of power but this just means the rest of us owe it to ourselves and the rest of our countrymen to push for better options...to stack the deck back in our favor as it were.