If someone from the government tries to put his hands on your money. . . run away as fast as you can and tell the nearest conservative.
The single best way to develop leaders. . . is to take people out of their safe environment and away from the people they know, and throw them into a new arena they know little about. Way over their head, preferably. In fact, the more demanding their challenges, the more pressure and risk they face, the more likely a dynamic leader will emerge.