Of course the government was. That is why the FDA, CDC, NIH, DOJ, FEMA, DHS, FBI, IRS, DOE, DEPT. OF EDUC., DOS, Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Transportation, etc. must lose funding and be reorganized. Also we need to withdraw from funding the WHO and the UN. All of these agencies are corrupt and use tax dollars against us. We are funding our own demise. We never approved our tax dollars going to Ukraine, for Gain of Function research, for censoring citizens. Cut out corrupt agencies, funding other governments and we will save billions. We the people need to decide where our taxpayer monies are spent, or do away with taxation at all.