The underlying flaw is that the public allows their politicians to spend their money on personal political victories. There's no payback for politicians that w

The underlying flaw is that the public allows their politicians to spend their money on personal political victories. There's no payback for politicians that waste tax money either explicitly or via tax breaks. Nor for them misstating benefits or outright lying about them. So yea if politicians around the country are not held responsible then complaining is indeed a waste of time.