President Donald Trump said Monday he was ending “immediately” the Secret Service protection details assigned to Joe Biden’s adult children, which the former president had extended for six months shortly before leaving office in January.
Are we not against means testing? When I say I’m anti means testing I mean it. Who sets that threshold? What if the politician has $X with no family but another has $X with three kids? Is it per capita? If they can afford security for 2/3 kids do they just pick their favorite/least favorite? Do we still train the security detail? Do they have the same access to safety measures as government security personnel? Is that a world you want to live in where private security firms can close down buildings for the safety of an ex politician? Those people are not beholden to Americans, since they’re privately paid. What oversight are these private companies subjected to and who pays for that as oversight costs change? If we’re going to talk about how small a percentage of our budget feeding kids is, that should apply to keeping politicians safe if deemed necessary. Plus, imho I don’t think politicians should have to regularly and publicly disclose their net worth for the rest of their lives because they were elected to office at some point.
Are we not against means testing? When I say I’m anti means testing I mean it. Who sets that threshold? What if the politician has $X with no family but another has $X with three kids? Is it per capita? If they can afford security for 2/3 kids do they just pick their favorite/least favorite? Do we still train the security detail? Do they have the same access to safety measures as government security personnel? Is that a world you want to live in where private security firms can close down buildings for the safety of an ex politician? Those people are not beholden to Americans, since they’re privately paid. What oversight are these private companies subjected to and who pays for that as oversight costs change? If we’re going to talk about how small a percentage of our budget feeding kids is, that should apply to keeping politicians safe if deemed necessary. Plus, imho I don’t think politicians should have to regularly and publicly disclose their net worth for the rest of their lives because they were elected to office at some point.