Reform efforts against official corruption in America reliably fail

Evidence

An attempt has recently been made to cleanse the Augean stable of the Indian Department, but it has met with signal failure, the usual result in America of every effort to purify the official atmosphere. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 203

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the Base Nation observation that pentagon construction spending resists oversight and cost analysis.