How Career Politicians Stay in Power Forever
Walk into any government building, and you’ll see them—the same faces, year after year, decade after decade. They call themselves “public servants,” but they’ve never worked a real job outside politics. They don’t know what it’s like to struggle to pay rent or worry about layoffs. Instead, they’ve turned governing into a lifelong career, insulated from the people they claim to represent.
This isn’t an accident. It’s by design.
Once elected, these politicians do everything they can to stay in office. They raise money from wealthy donors, pass laws that help their friends, and rig the system so challengers can’t compete. They talk about “fighting for the working class” while voting for policies that keep wages low and prices high. The longer they stay, the richer they get—while the rest of us foot the bill.
The Money Machine Behind Political Lifers
Running for office costs a fortune. That’s no problem for career politicians. They’ve spent years building networks of lobbyists, corporations, and special interest groups who fund their campaigns. In return, they pass laws that benefit those same donors.
Think about it: How often do you see a politician leave office poorer than when they started? Almost never. Many arrive with modest savings and leave as millionaires. They write laws that let them trade stocks based on insider information. They take high-paying “consulting” gigs after retiring. Some even get their family members jobs in the same system.
Meanwhile, the average worker hasn’t seen a real raise in decades.
Hellbound and Down 