Has it occured to you that trying to find leaders on the basis of greed might be a reason that things aren't going so well? Maybe we should be paying politicia

Has it occured to you that trying to find leaders on the basis of greed might be a reason that things aren't going so well? Maybe we should be paying politicians less and having a cap on their net wealth instead. And before you say anything - there are plenty of very very competent people who would do the job, just not the rich.