I have long felt that once you get elected to Congress or higher office that you should be stripped of all of your assets like real estate, stocks, etc. After

I have long felt that once you get elected to Congress or higher office that you should be stripped of all of your assets like real estate, stocks, etc. After you are done serving the people you would be given a reasonable salary, a free home, and would live the rest of your life like some sort of monk barred from ever participating in the capitalist system again.