$1.6 million and $10 million to run for an elective job that pays $174,000 per year.
Something is VERY wrong with that picture.
“Something is VERY wrong with that picture.”
If you get into the elite club your future and that of your family and friends is secure for perhaps generations. The average senator goes from x wealth to 20x wealth in just a few years. The more corrupt they are the wealthier they get. Nobody prosecutes them and they’ve made special laws just for each other. (Insider trading, for example is legal if you’re in Congress.)