I am pretty sure a lot of these positions are lucrative outside of the salary. It might be because some political force wants to have their representative in th

I am pretty sure a lot of these positions are lucrative outside of the salary. It might be because some political force wants to have their representative in this position. Or because the person may count on future profits after they leave the position. And there is of course possibility of some nefarious deals that we of course don't know anything about but we know stuff like this happens more frequently that we get to know.