Most Americans see lobbyists as dishonest or unethical [0]. With that in mind, I think most Americans would not want to buy a legislator. After all, at some level, the legislator is supposed to represent them anyway...

Even if Americans did, since there's a fixed supply of representatives, as demand goes up, so will the price :)

0 - https://news.gallup.com/poll/103123/lobbyists-debut-bottom-h...