I have met a poor lawyer, they work for city and state governments or NGOs and give all their extra cash to hang onto liberal campaigns in seeking the dream of well paying government official. If they would look sideways and understand corporates law, the review of enforcing contracts, pays 3 times as much, with little risk of being hung out to dry without an paycheck.
This question most likely is coming from someone in the 70-90k income range that the current administration is setting up for an epic income squeeze between rising healthcare costs due to regulation and increased state and local taxes in supporting the urban environment.
I worked for a few “poor” lawyers. Learned quite a lot in the process, too.
They had substantial income, not only from clients but from investments. But they drove junk cars, mortgaged themselves to the eyebrows, and could scarcely stay out of the red. I know, I kept the books.
You can make millions at anything, but if your outgo is about equal to your income, you’re going to feel poorly.
This rarely happens if you find a seat in Congress.