“High quality candidates will become lawyers and lobbyists instead.” That’s the way it should be. If they’re in it for a big pile of cash, they should go the

“High quality candidates will become lawyers and lobbyists instead.” That’s the way it should be. If they’re in it for a big pile of cash, they should go the proper routes. We’d be better off if our expectations were that politics does not pay well, and a politician that retires wealthy has not been a good public servant.