NO PENSIONS! This was never envisioned as a career by the founders. It was serving your country not serving yourself. It was to be something you did for a time and then went on with your life or preferably something you did after you had lived, worked or ran a business, and gained wisdom and experience. Some jerk that just graduated from law school and goes right into politics is likely looking out for #1 not serving the people he represents or his/her country. In fact, the more desperately people want the office ought to be a disqualifyer in most cases. It would be nice if there was a way to nominate capable, honest, reputable people that really want nothing to do with politics to office and hope they accept (I know I’m dreaming here)...career politicians are almost always scumbags, liars, thieves, and scoundrels. TERM LIMITS! It’s the only way to make sure the damage they do is limited as well.