> Many of those powerful people work in the government

don't know about the US, but AFAIU many of the people who want free hands try to put some of their people in the government

being directly the ones who work for the government means having your public and private life constantly under scrutiny and that's a no go for such people

One should ask (IMO) why people vote for them or believe that people like Sanders are commies who want to destroy US lifestyle ...