The speaker, and all people of like mind, see the federal government as a problem-solving institution, a place in which bureaus and departments are established to deal with social problems. Then, presumably, the problems go away and humanity takes a giant step forward. It is another case of the phantom-curve deception because the whole thing is rigged from the outset and no batter will ever make contact. People who are awarded desirable government jobs, with all attendant perks, don't work their jobs out of existence. This is a universal law of human nature and shouldn't be all that difficult to comprehend.
Solution is terminal, and regulation is forever.
This is not intended as a put-down of government workers, because they are human and they react as humans react. Not being entirely pure of heart, I would do the same thing if given a plush office with commensurate salary, medical coverage, a fat pension plan, a government car, and all kinds of business to conduct in Paris and the Bahamas. This is something that our self-appointed humanitarians don't understand. Government doesn't cure diseases, and it doesn't make the indigent disappear. It doesn't make the deserts bloom, the blind see, nor the lame walk.