Yes.  Government has created a monster which is called public servants.  They're overstaffed, and overpaid in all levels of government.  
We also vote for politicians who promise us lots of social programmes, despite the fact that they'll have to borrow money to fund them--anything to get elected-- hence no money for infrastructure.  
btw, I believe in social programmes, but I have to say that so many are very expensive because of layered bureaucracy and overpaid civil servants and also poorly run--a flagrant waste of our tax money.