> I'm fairly certain we should be paying our elected officials at least as much as our football coaches. Or! Pay our football coaches significantly less/tax th

> I'm fairly certain we should be paying our elected officials at least as much as our football coaches. Or! Pay our football coaches significantly less/tax them more and redistribute that wealth towards a safety net for all Americans. But sure, give members of congress a cool million while the poor go hungry. To be clear, I agree with the sentiment. Elected officials should probably get a bit more money. But, I think you vastly underestimate the greed of the ultra-wealthy in the US. Ultimately government jobs need to be motivated by a desire to change the system for the better. If you just give them all millions of dollars you're inducting them into the class of the wealthy on day one.