Most politicians seem to be dunces to me.
Yeah, but most dunces don’t become millionaires.
My guess is that is the primary reason they go into politics.
Since most are lawyers who find that ambulance chasing does not pay what they expected, they throw their hat (usually a brand-new cowboy hat) into the ring of the first office they think they have a shot at. Ergo, millions at their disposal. Millions they can syphon off a few bucks here and a few bucks there.
“Criminals”, covers all the bases