Remember that there are plenty of people that think this is a good thing. Lots of people work in the government doing all sorts of terribly unethical things that they think is right. Elite hackers don't have a stranglehold on intelligence and technical prowess.

Even then, how much more do you have to pay someone? After all, it'll get done one way or another. There are plenty of intelligent people that will decide they might as well make a lot of money at it, and perhaps protest on the inside.