Some politicians lines their own pockets in stead of working for the country.
In most cases, the scofflaws didn't pay their corporate income tax or company owners lined their pockets with the IRS payroll taxes they'd collected from their employees.
He put his ass on the line for his country and his family during the Second World War, but nobody seems to care about that anymore.
1. They are interested in lining their pockets first and serving the people second.
2. You can't blame them for wanting to line their own pockets.
Politicians aren't the ones putting their lives on the line fighting wars.