If you head on over to this link ive proposed an act that would give elected officials the salary of their own constituants. If they have outside income, which most of them do, theyd beforced to pay back their salary lessening the burden on the taxpayer. All other income earned beyond that would be taxed at the highest rate at which their constituants are taxed.
Be a lot easier to care about who you represent if the policies you enact hurt you too.