Yes we live in a bureaucratic state where one group of non-productive pen-pushers invent rules and then more pen-pushers are employed to enforce and quantify the results.

Where I live we have 3 town councils, a district council above that and a county council above that.  All bleeding the population dry with taxes and various charges for inadequate services.

My mother has dementia.  She has had six assessments despite there being nothing that can be done for her condition.  A seventh was recently proposed, which I refused to attend as they distress her.

So much money is being wasted on assessments that the only help she can get she has to pay for as there is no money to fund free NHS care.

I live in a leasehold flat (ex local authority)  the biggest item on my bill every year is admin.  Yet We have an ongoing (9 year) battle with the council to get the bins emptied regularly.

There's always money for the CEOs remuneration package but never enough for carers or road sweepers (this town has two road sweepers the others were victims of cuts).