[Blasterlord2]

The problem starts when they pay themselves super high salary. The super high salary attracts mercenaries. Also the super high salaries cause people to have unrealistic expectations about them.

In fact, LKY was wrong about a few things.

“Ministers who deal with billions of dollars cannot be paid low salaries without risking a system malfunction. Low salaries will not attract able men who are or can be successful in their professions or business. Low salaries will draw in the hypocrites who sweet talk their way into power in the name of public services, but once in charge will show their true colour, and ruin the country.” - LKY

First, he accepted capable people, regardless of their motivation, as ministers, and secondly, he thought that only "low salaries will draw in the hypocrites who sweet talk their way into power in the name of public services". I believe that high salaries are even more likely to draw in hypocrites who only want the wealth and power of the position.