Like all criminal enterprises, it exists for it's own success which has nothing to do with the precepts laid out in the Constitution.
It seeks control over all things in order to preserve itself and amass power and wealth to itself.
If it provides any benefits to the citizenry, they are the meagrest benefits possible designed only to placate that citizenry, knowing full well that it continues to exist mostly by coercion and fear. When those elements are overwhelmed by rage and need, the citizenry can certainly revolt and maim or destroy it.
So, it plays a game of providing just enough to keep those volatile impulses just below the reaction line where the people are not quite willing to jeopardize what little they have.
Never make the mistake of thinking that the Federal Government exists to serve the people.
Not just the Federal government. You are also describing the state of Illinois...