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Originally Posted by Homeslice
Or awarding contracts to a firm you were CEO of only a couple years ago.
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... and you likely still hold a substantial amount of stock in.
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Originally Posted by goof2
I disagree. I think they get paid just fine, especially when you consider the perks they are able to take advantage of. Their salaries when in office are also nothing compared to what they can make once they leave government service.
In my opinion the largest barrier to attracting better people is the election process itself. It goes on seemingly forever, digs deeply in to areas many people are not really comfortable exposing to public scrutiny, requires the candidate to constantly beg for money, and the reward for success is doing it all over again soon after. Most sensible people would balk at most or all of that. The process sucks and seemingly so do most of the people who excel at it.
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"... when they leave government service"? So they work towards that employment all the way through their government service, rather than doing the job that they are supposed to be performing for the American people?
What you're describing creates a situation in which people don't aspire to public service, but rather merely use it as a stepping stone to later success. Pay people in a manner commensurate to their skills. Limit the amounts that can be used for advertising, limiting the ability to "buy an election."