Make it a privately owned system that a politician’s family ownsYou have obviously never worked for the gubmint you problem solver you. Maintaining the status quo is the desired result and is accomplished without any pesky problem solving. The status quo relies on extracting money from and holding a grip on power over the people while providing valuable services like false promises, constantly shifting scandals with syncro-meshed lockstep narratives, DEI, identity politics with a side of division and money laundering through the make work and no show jobs to campaign cash for politician and crony pockets pipeline.
The jobs are going to those guys anyway.
The problem is, none of them can handle a hose.