Why is there so much corruption and laziness in our government workforce?

Yes. Lots of it.

Uh, allow me one guess: unionization?

Corruption, Yes.. Laziness I don't know, they appear to work very hard at doing nothing !! Interesting the military uses diversions to draw the attention away from the main areas of attack.. its like Congress likes to divert our attention away from what THEY want, so they can get away with what THEY want, be it good for the Country or not, just as long as its their way...