Being a government official is also a terrible job, especially for a young ambitious person.

Low numbers of young people also make it hard to push out people who still are in power. It's a direct consequence of demographics.

It's only a terrible job if you want it to be we have more than enough government officials in the back ranks that miss 80% of sessions and get payed really well to just vote with their party. They should just have to retire when everyone else HAS to retire based on laws they introduced...

Sure, but how do you force them out if the entry level jobs are terrible and the aren't enough young people to take them anyway?