>Does that mean we need to pay each of them so much that they are effectively unbribe-able? Why don’t we use the security clearance model? We don’t pay people

>Does that mean we need to pay each of them so much that they are effectively unbribe-able? Why don’t we use the security clearance model? We don’t pay people that work in intelligence operations huge salaries, but we also don’t want them sell secrets to Russia. Any of them could be bribable. So we do extensive background checks and evaluate their finances, criminal record, foreign contacts, etc. for red flags. Then investigate, suspend, or revoke clearances based on any new red flags that come in. We could do a version of that for legislators. We won’t, but we could.