The government is supposed to work for the people. The power coming from the people and the Constitution is their contract they need to take an oath to uphold the Constitution at all costs. About the only major purpose of a federal government is to protect the people. Aside from that the rest is bullshit bloat.

The original structure was very smart and designed for checks and balances.

Ultimately this is why the Bankers have played all sides of a war in order to destroy nations with debt and remove their Constitutions.