"When you get to that level of government you either do what the $ySStem wants or they find a way to put you out of business. "

and THAT is a prime example. You have decided, as a basic premise, that "the $ySStem" controls everything, and that we poor peasants can only cower and pretend to make serious changes.
This is one of those circular bits of reasoning, wherein any attempt to dispute you is defined as either ignorance, part OF "the $ySStem", or just an example of how corrupt & clever "the $ySStem" is. (Like the 100 MPG carburetor, which we KNOW exists, but we don't have because "the $ySStem" is hiding it. We KNOW they're hiding it, because...umm... we don't have it! All roads lead to the nasty "$ySStem" by default.

It must be nice, if you don't have THE answer, to at least be able to make grand, sweeping statements about why you don't have the answer.... *grin*

(why, yes....I DID have a bad few days. Why do you ask?)