Everything you do to make them poorer will just make it cheaper for moneyed interests to buy them. The root problem is abusing their office for financial gain.

Everything you do to make them poorer will just make it cheaper for moneyed interests to buy them. The root problem is abusing their office for financial gain. Reducing their above the table pay doesn't actually change the abuse aspect much and the degree to which it does change things is not in a good direction.