I am like most Conservatives and Libertarians, I have no problem with people achieving success. Furthermore, I encourage it, the "greed is good" mantra doesn't bother me (to those who remember the iconic Wall Street movie). I firmly believe in charity and giving back also. However, to each their own, you earned it.
What used to be accurate is that your success would be based on either your talents, effort and skills you bring to the marketplace, or, the risk you take in the marketplace. There are winners and losers, but if you have the courage to take the risk in an effort to achieve high net worth and success so be it, you DESERVE that wealth as you earned it. If you lost it all by trying to build a business and legacy, I will still salute you.
It seems to me that something is inherently wrong with people having a career in politics and benefiting to such a degree that they have a 9 digit bank account, through no risk of their own. As one Canadian politician who I didn't particularly like, but who earned my respect the day he left politics, he stated "politics shouldn't be a life long career". If it is, you can be sure there is a far better chance that there is some personal benefit and skirting of the rules going on. Some of it is human nature, much of it is cultural (as in government entitlement and feeling invincible).
Unless you want to become like Canada, you should be questioning all of this great wealth accumulated by politicians.
