content: That's not how government works.  The official salary of a politician is very low.  Just $100,000 a year.  People don't spend $10,000,000 to get a job that only pays $100,000 a year.  They make their money through the corruption of government contracts.  The politician votes for spending and gives the contract to their wives, children, or friends. Those people don't actually do the work, they just take 60% of the money and then hire subcontractors with the remaining 40%.  Those subcontractors are also friend of friends and usually just take a huge cut and then subcontract again.  Rinse and repeat until all the money is spent and only a shitty result remains.