Politics would :)

I think that politics would be more real if you didn’t need any money to be in politics. In fact, if we allowed politicians to be of the average working class, wouldn’t there be a more poignant and realistic view of most of the world? There are some figures within politics that had humble beginnings, but with their rise to politics so did their rise to more expensive cars and homes. If we decided that no politician needed to have any money, and their job would only pay the average wage, would we not have more honest people applying for the job? When money is on the line, people become easily and readily corrupted. While it might not seem like our political leaders make a fortune, they still make more than a large percentage of the population.When the founding fathers introduced our current concept of politics, they weren’t interested in great huge financial returns nor were they looking to cash in on any opportunities that dealt with politics. Rather, they wanted to create a better country than they knew, they wanted to offer a future to the nation’s children, and they wanted to make a difference. Since those in political parties get to determined how much of the nation’s money is spent, shouldn’t they be coming from the same interests as the majority of those they govern? That might be the one thing that would create a fairness and openness in politics. Who knew that politics could be so engaging? Is it just as engaging without the paycheck and bonuses?