The evil in the system in Congress whose members use their power to reward and punish, through tax law, funding, and directing other agencies in the government

The evil in the system in Congress whose members use their power to reward and punish, through tax law, funding, and directing other agencies in the government to take actions not in their own best interest; namely the military though they still seem to want to run the Post Office. You could say this evil is a behavior politicians at all levels exhibit, the focus on bettering their position than good law or exercise thereof. It isn't just Lockheed playing the system, unions get involved too, as do the political parties. Look at all big government boondoggles, Big Dig, the bid for high speed rail in California, and such.