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Originally posted by seretogis
You could say the same thing about the "royalty" serving as politicians in the US. Take a look at the income of the last 10 Presidents -- they are far from "common folk" represenatives.
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Are you talking pay as president or money made before being president?
If it is the first, we do pay high but considering the stress and needing a man of good standing then it is well deserved.
If it is the latter, Ike, Ford, Nixon, Carter, Reagan and Clinton were far from "rich" and none would ever have been in the Forbes 500 wealthiest families. True they made more than the "average man" but they ran the country so they had to have been successful somewhere in life. Out of all the presidents none of them were common folk, most were either military men, educators or professional politicians.
Out of the last 10 presidents, the Bushes, Kennedy and maybe Johnson could be considered rich. Out of all of them most were born to modest incomed families and most died broke or with very little to their names. The Roosevelts, Bushes, Kennedy, LBJ, Harrisons, Pierce, Addams', maybe McKinley and Buchanan were the only ones from any "wealth".