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Doesn't this make it impossible for anybody not already rich to get into politics? You'd need a second job to support yourself. And second jobs are a problem no

• IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
  if you are not rich, what makes you so special to think you can be rich , after leaving the govt? What has changed since the moment you joined, (nonrich), and now suddenly, you leave and you are hot stuff ? You can still earn a living in govt, even nice money ( >$100k+ for senior jobs) the point is, that is your cap. Job security and duty come at a price. That price is not trading in insider govt connections. You can live comfortably. You can have job security. But you cannot get rich off it. That is your "sacrifice" if you want to call it that. And to be clear, because i realize my comment was not: You can have a really nice bump in earnings while in govt. - For example, if you have an avg salary of 50k, then join govt, at make 100k, that bump is yours to keep just like everyone playing by the same rules. However, once you leave govt, your cap goes back to 50k . So either retire in govt or just go back to what your situation was. As you may imagine, the complaint is never that public service pays "well" therefore the hypotetical is very unlikely to happen in the first place.