Agreed, except that there is no sense in calling for ending corruption in govt. unless you recognize that govt is a merely a reflection of the people; therefore, we need to rid ourselves of the corruption within.
I believe your last line indicates the way to do that; instead of putting God last in our thoughts and lives, and then asking Him to bless us anyway, perhaps we first need to ask Him for help to put Him first since doing so is so counter to our habits and, dare I say, nature?