User blog comment:Dr3sd3n/Why do we vote/@comment-3146930-20150131195853

We vote to hope that the lesser of two evils is put in a position of power that comes with the bonus of huge benefits they get for the rest of their life, even if they only serve one term. Benefits so good that they themselves never have to vote on anything until their term runs out and they can retire knowing they did none of the things they said they would. But it is ok because after their term(s) are up, they can step down and a new group of people with a completely different plan will be voted in and destroy the old plan and start a new one (rinse and repeat).