I need a job in government so I can work a year and retire a multi-millionaire.
Just run for Congress, not only are you guaranteed to be a millionaire, you are treated like royalty the entire time at taxpayer expense.
You don’t have to do any actual work. Just collect a salary.
Apparently that happens quite frequently in the federal government. They even budget for it in agency budgets. Nobody gets fired. It goes to arbitration by agency rules, and not to courts.
Start a charity or foundation and let it be known that if people donate to them they get special attention.
Have your kid paint some stick figures and sell those at a gallery.
Have your daughter get a job for a firm getting government contracts you vote on.
Have your other son become a “consultant” for a semi state owned foreign entity and make $50k a month doing nothing, and you’re one of the key folks voting on billions being sent to this country in the form of foreign aid.
Have your spouse give million dollar speeches and let it be known that if hired you will give those hiring them special attention/consideration.
Invest in businesses and be the one to decide on legislation/spending which impacts these industries.
If a senior bureaucrat, make sure certain folks get what they want and then have them hire you as soon as you retire.
If in a senior position, realize, there are “ethical waivers” which get handed out like Halloween candy, so don’t worry about flagrant conflicts of interest. The rules only apply to those that are GS-14 and below (waivers are nearly non-existent for the peons).
Yes, there is a serious corruption problem in our government, but we don’t call it that and it’s completely legal if you hire the right lawyers and do it the proper way.