Yes I wonder that me too, and also, what does "considered them windfall" mean? Not a native speaker, sorry It means the politicians looked at the profits they

Yes I wonder that me too, and also, what does "considered them windfall" mean? Not a native speaker, sorry It means the politicians looked at the profits they could get from the taxes, as apples and fruit that had fallen from the trees (because of a wind), and they could pick it up with no effort?