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Originally Posted by ProfessorM
My question would be why would anyone want those jobs.
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Originally Posted by Rockport24
yeah good point Prof. M, this is why they are all rich dudes, because they have too much money and get board, so they figure they run for office to make laws that make them more money or at least another way to pad their egos
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There was a line from the Richard Pryor movie "Brewsters' Millions".
When he decided to run for mayor as "None of the Above", one of his quotes regarding the other candidates was "Why would a person Spend millions on a campaign for a position that only pays $100,000.00 a year if they weren't planning on stealing it back with interest." That falls under the ol' "Art imitates life" idiom.
We've got politicians that were doing a piss-poor job when they were in office and now they want to run for a better position, while still getting paid for NOT doing what their old position called for.
That should be called the "Double-Dipping rule".
If you are a senator and you run for another office, you should AUTOMATICALLY lose your senate seat, since you'll be campaigning and UNABLE to fulfill your senate obligations.
The current political campaign process is screwed. You've got people running $100.00 per plate campaign dinners and planning on keeping anything they earn and don't spend during their campaign.
That would be like the head of Goodwill keeping any contributions left at the end of the year. It's ridiculous.