That’s why elites take what appear on the surface to be low paying govt jobs. It provides a revolving door to influence peddling and insider investment tips.
A couple of hundred grand is hardly chicken feed, but it does pale in comparison to the multi-millions they make on the boards and in other sweetheart deals.
All the while we, the taxpayers, are getting squeezed until there’s nothing left to give.
While life is still manageble, it is far from where it was.