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“Integrity is the essence of everything successful.” – Buckminster Fuller
It seems clear that bigger governments lead to bigger corruption. In December 2025 one of the largest fraud scandals was discovered in Minnesota. At least $1 billion in taxpayer funds was siphoned away from needy social service recipients to the Somali community and even terrorists back in Somali.
In the past half century, the American people have voted for bigger government. Today government actions and regulations reach virtually every aspect of our lives. Measures of this can be seen in taxes and spending. Since 1960 combined total per capita taxes paid (Federal, State, and Local) have increased 118% while the population has increased only 81%. Federal spending has increased 191% during that same period.
Federal debt has grown by over 7,000% from $533 billion in 1975 to over $38 trillion in 2025. Is it fair to say this growth in spending facilitates significant increases in theft and fraud? The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) identified well over $1 trillion in potential reduction in fraud and waste.
Integrity Is Essential for Success
Our country cannot be successful unless we turn our attention back to integrity and away from dishonesty, half-truths, deception, corruption, fraud, and fragility. Corruption is a cancer for success. Furthermore, a lack of consequences for corruption will encourage more corruption. Inconsistent (or even tolerant) prosecution of corruption facilitates its growth.
John Adams stressed the need for morality to sustain the effective function of the U.S. Constitution. At the time of our founding, the populace was religious and embraced a healthy fear of God. Adams recognized this as an essential element for the success of the young republic.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”. – John Adams
The Two-Part Strategy
My wife is an excellent cook and an even better baker. She’s always showing her love for me and her family through these skills. Nearly every week she bakes some wonderful treats. I love it, although it does make it more difficult to maintain a healthy weight.
If my goal is to lose weight, I need disciplined will to resist her loving gifts. It would be easier to lose weight by removing those tempting goodies.
Just as tasty baked treats encourage weight gain, a big government encourages corruption. Two strategies are available to avoid corruption:
If government growth leads to increased corruption, we must act by 1) hiring and electing only honest God-fearing people and 2) aggressively reducing the size and growth of government. Reducing the size of government is the most reliable because it removes temptation. It’s like removing the cookies from the kitchen.
More Motivation for Smaller Government
There are numerous examples of fraudulent acts encouraged by the growth of government.
Obamacare Fraud: The Government Accounting Office (GAO) found numerous examples of fraudulent recipients.
Anthony Fauci allegedly coordinated a cover-up of Covid origins, suppressed the truth about preventative treatments for Covid-19, lied about the efficacy of masks, the need for distancing, and the efficacy of the Covid-19 jabs.
The CDC, NIH, FDA, and the NIAID all lied about the safety and the side effects of the Covid-19 and the jabs.
In the shadow of Minneapolis fraud, a whistleblower revealed corruption in the state of Maine’s Medicaid programs. Once again, the corruption had a Somali link.
Medicaid fraud was uncovered in Arizona.
The Solutions
These examples are frightening because they threaten our societal success. The growth of corruption acts as a cancer that eats away trust. Trust in our institutions is the lubricant for the friction created by spirited debates essential for effective government leadership. Pew Research reports trust in the federal government at or below an average of 20 percent. Confidence in the media is below 30 percent and trust in Congress is in single digits.
An even more serious result is the growth of tyranny and the loss of freedom. In his farewell address, George Washington warned us of the flaw in human nature. The key to lassoing the evil monster that is the desire for power rests in the embrace of Judeo-Christian values and principles. The cause of the growth of government may in fact lie, in part, in our drifting away from these principles.
So, the first solution must include a reinvigoration and enthusiastic embrace of the Biblical principles (both testaments). We must individually recognize and commit to live biblical truths. If we do, God will assist and the world will change around us.
“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.” – Mahatma Gandhi
The first strategy is for each of us to decide to be the morally strong person who will resist corruption and fraud (resist the baked goods). It’s simple, not easy. We need to ask God for help.
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9
The second strategy is to remove the temptations (remove the baked goods from the kitchen) by amending our Constitution. Our founders were wise enough and humble enough to realize the Constitution may, from time to time, need to be amended. As Mark Levin explains in his book The Liberty Amendments, the country has moved away from its original constitutional order and that order needs to be restored. Amending the Constitution is a permanent way to remove the temptations of government growth and therefore corruption.
Article V of our Constitution provides two options for adopting amendments. The first method lies with Congress. The second method lies with the states. The Convention of States initiative is diligently working to corral two thirds (34) of the State Legislatures to call for a convention. So far nineteen (19) have signed on.
The three goals of the Article V Convention will affect the very heart of the causes of corruption.
Summary
Let’s work together to adopt the two strategies to reduce corruption caused by the exponential growth of government power. Let’s work with the Convention of States to permanently reduce the size and growth and government spending. We must act to protect our integrity, or our societal success will severely suffer.
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