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THE REASON that these rich people and corporation owners, presidents, CEOs and lawyers will take a pay cut to run for public office is that most of the jobs pay a lifetime pension.

When they leave office, it's worth many thousands each month. If they lose everything in the stock market or in a business failure, or they don't want to work anymore, they still have money coming in, forever.

Without this, few would take the jobs.

J.R. Monroe, Philadelphia