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Originally Posted by Minte
That was always curious. I can't imagine what it costs to have the beast shipped to every stop. These huge advance teams and just the cost of operating a Boeing 747 per hour. You are certainly correct. The incumbent should have to use campaign funds for campaigning.
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It costs much less than the assassination of a President.
If you get elected President of the United States, you should have lifetime security protection provided to you (Presidents don't anymore, they limited the years on it) and while in office I don't want you going out the front door to pick up a newspaper without a cadre of Secret Service checking it first. Being President comes with perks, yes including an airplane and security detail. It is less than a drop in the bucket and the cost of having a sitting President killed is exponentially larger. That goes for any President... of any party... at any time.
We do not need an unelected Biden, Cheney, Gore or Ryan much more than we do not need to pay for a few dozen flights with security details.
