Politics: Tera "emotional" atyachaar part 2

There is one profession which consistently garners poor rankings in opinion poll of public?
I wonder How come they maintain their low ranks, Even sex workers, today are viewed more favorably than politicians.My guess is, Perhaps The profession itself is not attracting the best people (150 of our esteemed MPs have criminal records).

So Why does the profession not attract creme-de-la-creme of society?
 I read somewhere :"It would take an extraordinary fool who takes the responsibility of solving everybody's troubles and that too for free".

But come to think of it. We have similar expectations from our politicians.
I believe the false assumption starts with the view that Politicians are for ridding the society of  all evils:  poverty, discrimination etc.. I understand we all want a developed society But Why put the onus on one man's shoulder? It is not only too much to ask but also a man empowered with such authority will be disposed to ridding his next generations of possible poverty. Like they say "Charity begins at home" ;).

What actually happens is :
The generous men go around preaching Doing 'work' for the sake of "aam admi" while themselves reaping (Or should i say plundering) benefits of discretionary powers to become a 'khaas admi'.

An interesting solution:
Why not see politics as profession like "Managers of a company who should take care of shareholder's wealth and earn profits " In this case the company is the government and its shareholders are the voters ,profits are net social benefits.

Of course, For this We would have to be an enlightened citizenry, the next time we exercise our vote. After all "People get the politicians they deserve".

P.S.> Enlightenment consists of knowing section 49 O while voting, not taking or giving undue favors.

Reference:  http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/blogs/work-in-progress/its-a-matter-of-trust-20110708-1h555.html