I agree with you 100% about to whom the jobs should be given. That I'm an engineer is totally a coincidence! ;-) However, I think people in power should be paid enough to not be easily bribable, and after they serve they should get a similar pension, with the stipulation that neither they nor significant others may work or advise any company doing business with the government (rules on 2 hops and children would have to be addressed as well).