See, this is just one example of thousands you'll never hear about...of the reason so many people will spend millions, even tens of millions of their own money, to get elected to a job that pays $150k per year. The fringe benefits are out of this world.
Fixing the problems and making the country a better place is the least of their concerns. It should come as no surprise that the country goes to shit because of it. But yeah, who cares. They're making serious bank.
See who spent what at the link.
https://www.opensecrets.org/bigpictu...php?cycle=2012