the unofficial motto of the Republican Party is "I've got mine, screw you"
Opposite of the Democrat motto, "Screw Everybody. Equally."
And the American public who votes them in has never been an informed electorate.
Not entirely true. For the first 100-some years of America's existence voting participation was nearly 100%. It is only in the last 100 years that this changed. We used to be an informed electorate. I agree that we aren't now.
...but most of them got there by inheriting money.
False. Approximately 80% of millionaires in the USA are 1st generation. That does not qualify as "most."
On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague: "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." -- Wolfgang Pauli