Perhaps government should not have so much power that people have an economic incentive to corrupt it?

As I see it, the founders did a good job with checks and balances relative to other countries, but if anything, they didn't go far enough.

There should have been a check on allowing anyone to favor any tax changes that they are not equally hurt by or that don't equally help everyone but themselves. One of the largest corrupting forces is that congresspeople and individuals can support taxes that others pay but not themselves. If you think something is worth being paid for, they you should also be among those that are paying for it. Anything less than that invites corruption.

Seems dubious. Wealth, left to its own devices, is not known for trending towards equality.

And disempowering the government, while removing incentive for corruption, also remove one of the only checks on capital.