They make way too much money for what they do.

[karynnj]

24. If you use the median as average, you effectively disenfranchised half the people

Including the most successful. This would preclude not just those, like FDR, who was born wealthy, but people like Frank Lautenberg, the son of two immigrants whose dad worked as a laborer in Patterson, NJ's silk mills. Frank fought in WWII and went to college on the GI bill. He was one of the founders of ADP. He then sought the Senate seat and was a very strong advocate for labor unions. I heard him speak at a county Democratic picnic explaining why strong OSHA laws were personal to him. His dad and uncle had told their children they needed an education to avoid the mills, where you could see filaments floating in the air. They intuitively knew this would harm them. Both died young per the Senator. Yet, he was a multimillionaire when he ran for Senate. Would you reject him?

Not to mention, what about someone whose wealth changes? Let's say someone is elected as a single person and then marries. Must he or she resign if they then exceed the amount?