Somebody wrote:

Public service and running a business are not compatible... unless
you're Haliburton. G

Public service and business can certainly work hand in hand, for each
to be successful, they must; however, they require totally different
skill sets.

The late Senator Barry Goldwater often commented about how it took
most of his first term to learn how to work in government.

He felt his prior experiences outside government did little to prepare
him for working in the Senate.

Lew