It only makes sense. There are a couple of factors here that have helped me to understand WHY the Government ends up being this way.

PROHIBITION
By the time prohibition of alcohol had ended a lot of families had gotten very wealthy off of bootlegging alcohol. Among these were families such as the Kennedys. Once prohibition was gone that cash cow was gone.

I have zero doubt it's cash flow change was noticed.

Then we can throw into this mix something known as the Hegelian Dialectic. That also explains why governments logically would do many of the things their citizens consider crazy and just a conspiracy theory. It seems crazy until you understand MOTIVE.