Politicians deserve to be rich

[Castout]

Politicians don't deserve to be rich any more than any ordinary folks out there.

If the intention is to get rich then I must suggest NOT being a politician and head down to being an entrepreneur instead.

Usually those elected to office are more often than not already a well off people since campaigning and all really cost a lot and either you need your own money or are well connected and well connected people are usually already successful people(read well off) and there's nothing wrong with that if they wanted to serve in the public office for a change and to make a difference.

More often than not in developing countries(read third world, not matter what they claim otherwise), the political elites are acting no more than feudal lords which means they command excessive wealth wealth due to their position in government and mostly due to nepotism, cronyism and corruption(to the amount of many billions not to mention the state sovereign fund they control as a bargaining chip to exert influence and power). These people claim to govern a system of democracy while in fact it is no more than a dictatorship. Examples include Indonesian dictator Soeharto, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Singapore Lee dynasty, etc. This is especially true in Asia and Africa.