The top tier who run this country are in no way driven by the need to provide for their family on a base level... unless you count private jets, tennis courts, multiple hundred thousand dollar cars, multiple mansions, etc etc as providing for your family. Greed runs the desire for monetary excess.

Now, if you solely define those that run this country as the everyday blue collar worker, then i might buy into that, but it would be a false statement if you think those who just want to provide for their families run this country.