This feeling is not without basis, and on occasion groundless suspicions are grounded when corruption or nepotism or empire building are revealed. Absolutely, and these are schemes you do not hear about, as they are well disguised. Government schemes that seldom if ever get exposed include attempts to shape the populace. A brighter yet more docile citizen is desired, one who will be productive yet not rebellious. This scheme, a secret motive of most in positions of power, aims to shape the populace by rewarding the right genetics with jobs, and denying the rejects.
Jobs mean food, housing, educational opportunities, and medical attention.
Those with jobs survive and pass along their genes, and those without jobs get sick and don't recover or slowly starve. In spite of the statistics on welfare and free medical services, the care the poor receive does not bring their chances up to the level of those with steady jobs and benefits. By these means their numbers are held in check. Another ulterior motive of those in power is conquest and possession, the child's desire to have all the toys for himself and his parents as his devoted servants. There is never enough.