Exactly. Why else would someone spend millions in a race to win a “public service†seat in Congress that pays $174,000/yr?
These slime bucket candidates would throw their own mothers over the cliff for a chance to cash in on such a lucrative game at the public’s expense.
I noticed a local example many years ago. He was a "tax cutting," conservative Republican, too.
He began with a real estate license, as a high school teacher. An xpensive home on the water, with a boat dock. Way, way above school teacher lifestyle.
City Council, County Board of Supervisors, State Assembly and state Senate.
He probably has multiple public dime pensions, and the house is now worth $3 million, plus.