Donating to charities that have a high administration cost is a factor. Donate 200 and the charity gets 1.95 the rest goes to overhead. I would imagine that most average Americans donate a larger percentage of their annual income compared to these criminal rat politicians. Why is this not public? This is an indication of the types of people we elect to represent us
https://www.charitynavigator.org/
Above is a site that gives the breakdown on admin costs, etc.
I changed some of my giving based on their information. It does take money to have a CEO, raise funds, etc. But this site at least allows one to decide for themselves what is reasonable.
One of the places I give to is Christian Appalachian Project, with 86.7% going directly to helping folks. My old man gave to them years ago, and got me interested in them. Carrying on the legacy now 30 years later after he passed on.