What I want to know is what do these guys get that they never want to leave their jobs and are even willing to switch parties to stay.
I wonder, a lot of them turn down or leave jobs with pay / perks in the millions for a government job. I don't understand. Before I bought my present farm I had one that a government worker (congressman or senator, I don't want to be too revealing) had recently owned, within a year of me. The house was almost 7000 square feet with an elevator (3 floors), elaborate cabinets, wood floors, trim, and woodwork, an unbelievable study and library, a 14 stall barn with a birthing stall and a 1700 square foot apartment, close to 300 acres, house sitting at the foot of a mountain, over 200 acres fenced pasture, 3/4 mile concrete driveway, 4 board wood cross fenced lining the drive on both sides and the road frontage, 4 large wood decks, 4 fireplaces with gas stove inserts, 4 1/2 baths, on and on and on...... I dare say that most of that was paid for by other people. He got all kinds of things free. Every Christmas we got tons of NICE gifts with his name on them from all sorts of people and businesses, he said to keep whatever came as gifts. He sold this place and bought one even nicer (but a lot less land) for $700,000 that should have sold for about 5 times that or more. Unbelievable deals and business opportunities seemed to fall right into his lap and everyone always wanted to give him things. Maybe this will shed some light on the question.