Very seldom and rare is the politician who has had to make payroll, pay utilities on his own office, or worry about his staff’s insurance, etc. Oh sure, they see that these things get done, but the building they work in is not their own — if a water leak develops, they just call maintenance.
Our politicians have rarely held a job that didn’t draw their budget from the taxpayer. Politicians rarely have to worry about their enterprise bringing in enough for the week’s or month’s payroll.