If you chronically underpay and exploit people of lower class who aren't dumb as bricks then you create a class of lazy people and criminals who act that way because they are aware that they have no other choices.
The anti-concentration laws seem like a super idea since it would create incentive for building a ton of infrastructure in areas that have been allowed to degrade.
There needs to be some sort of reset function which removes everyone from office and replaces them with randomly chosen citizens. It's too easy for corruption to continue otherwise since the pipeline has been established to subvert elections.