I know it seems premature to be worrying about 2024, but if we don't want to end up as a fascist state in the near future, planning ahead is pretty important.
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impeaching trump so he can't run again, or forcing at least some GOP actors to commit publicly to distancing from him is important. prosecuting him and enablers so they're not in a position to run is important.
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It's weird that you can't be impeached after you leave office if it has the consequence of preventing you from becoming president a second time?
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oh. then that should happen soon if it doesn't happen now.
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Yup, you're barred from future office and you lose all the post-presidential perks (the $200k pension, the office space and travel budget, the Secret Service detail)
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It's honestly questionable how generous these perks are and whether it's in the best interests of the country to have them, now that it's been completely normalized for ex-presidents to get on the private sector gravy train
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Well, it might've been smart to up the cash incentive with the times. 200K was a motherload back in the day. Now, not so much.
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I mean... I understand it's tiny compared to the millions you can make in the private sector but I really don't feel bad for anyone who gets $200k a year the rest of their life for doing nothing
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Especially with the biggest extra cost of being an ex-president - security - already paid for separately
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Yeah. I don't know details. But in the 80's lawyers made 50k. Now construction workers make 60k. Didn't Hoover make a lot of $ post presidency? He was around a long time and a former businessmen.
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