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So let me make sure I understand you:
Not servicemembers.
Not Secret Service.
But civilian staff and reporters should unknowingly be placed in harm’s way by a felon, insurrectionist, seditionist, fraudster and adjudicated sexual abuser because the President’s life is worth more than theirs, and that’s a “tax”?
If that is really your position, it fits neatly with the depravity this populist movement has normalized.
Sound like the textbook definition of a tax, yes.
If I do a job, and a political party redistributes x% of my income to fund their pet project, that's an attack on my livelihood. If I can't reform the system, then my only other option is to exploit it to my benefit.
That isn’t a tax. It’s a security decision involving other people’s lives without their knowledge.
That's taxation. It's not consensual, you're not informed about the plan, and the rate is whatever the ruling party deems necessary for the common good.
Nice try.
Because his life is worth more than theirs. It's a tax.