Why’s that? I would rather they get rich after being in politics, but not because of special consideration while in politics. When I was younger, I used to ha

Why’s that? I would rather they get rich after being in politics, but not because of special consideration while in politics. When I was younger, I used to have the attitude that “if they got rich running a business, clearly they know how to succeed and would be great to run the country”. But that turns out to be naive thinking. I have absolutely no problem with a former politician becoming a millionaire (or billionaire or they can do it!) from using what they learned while in office, provided they didn’t use their time in office setting up for that against the betterment of the public. In my experience, it’s easy to quickly forget what it is like to be an “average citizen“ when you can pay $10 for a banana. How can you truly represent what you don’t understand?