The legal corruption is so bad on both sides that the idea of public service is a joke. One goes to Washington, you make contacts, you become a lobbyist because of contacts with those still in government or you make speeches. No one ever suggests that you make money for supporting certain policies, but people who support oil, corporate interests and Wall Street are taken care of when they get out of office . Did Bill Clinton know that he would ultimately become rich by supporting free trade or getting rid of Glass-Steagal, or not regulating derivatives. Maybe he just had a good faith belief that this would be good for America or maybe he had a mixed-motive. If he believed that he would ultimately be taken care because of his pro-business, pro-Wall Street policies...well, then he made millions, we lost trillions. The same could be said of Cheney. I think Cheney's conduct was the on the far end of legalized corruption, but again it has not been shown that he committed a crime. Ultimately, this is why Congress is so unpopular and why people are just ignoring Establishment attempts to dissuade them from voting for Trump or Sanders. They are desperate for a politician who has not in some sense been bought.