Maybe it sounds lame or hokey or whatever but the point of working for the government is not to make money it's to provide your services for a significant discount for the betterment of the population.

Is that how people approach it? Yes some do, and there are fantastic people who are working the government in service to the nation. Certainly not all and almost never for government contractors.

That's the spirit at least. I don't think it's actually working unfortunately because trust in government is so low. There was a time though...