> they don't get paid a fortune

Salary for ministers is around 80k euro per year. Yes significantly more than the minimum salary but hardly a fortune.

The average salary in Spain is around 30k euro, and almost nobody makes 80k there.

> The average salary in Spain is around 30k euro

I could not believe it, but it is actually true:

The average gross annual salary in Spain is €29,540, which translates to approximately €2,461 per month before taxes.

	▲	naranjito a day ago \| parent [-]
		"Bottom tenth: up to €12,018 a year. Bottom quarter: up to €17,457. Median: €24,497, or €2,041 a month divided by twelve. Mean: €29,540, or €2,462 a month. Top quarter: from €36,970. Top tenth: from €52,515. The mean for women is €26,905, for men €32,058." From https://relocoast.com/en/guides/minimum-wage-salary A quarter of the people do not go beyond 18K, another quarter is between that and 25K. Only one quarter make more than 36K. Before taxes. And VAT is 21%, with some exceptions.