They are part of the elite. Follow the money trail. They cannot get rich without screwing the public for the benefit of the corrupt rich. They get paid well for squeezing every tax dollar they can and then passing them onto their friends and benefactors via contract and other corrupt mechanisms with the unmentioned understanding that a portion of those dollars will somehow mysteriously and quietly return to them. We should call them Santa Claus instead of politicians. Forget it:I don't want to insult Santa Claus.