I didn’t respond to your other points because society DOESN’T provide what’s needed to do the job for pretty much every other industry at the worker level. And to imply that not providing security detail for government employees gate keeps it so they cannot afford it, your party system is already entirely set up to gatekeep the poor from entering the running so I don’t even know what the fuck you’re talking about man.
I think anyone should have the right to opine on anything, but if you’re not even from the US I don’t know how you expect to understand what is and isn’t normal, especially for government jobs.
Society as a whole is not what we’re comparing it to. The whole point of them needing security detail should demonstrate how it’s not like other jobs for other industries. But even so, your initial comment seems to indicate you think it should be provided, but means tested. Now it seems you’re suggesting that the concept in general shouldn’t be done because “society DOESN’T provide”? So either you think it shouldn’t be provided to anyone, objectively a bad decision due to the large volume of credible death threats, or you think it should be provided to some, in which case the majority of my original comment still stands, mainly revolving around how to guarantee parity between public and private and if private security should be given the same leeway that public security is (hint: it shouldn’t).
Yea, the parties make it difficult, but the ones who make it through (AOC, Cori Bush, lots of young progressives) should not have the added stress of fearing they can’t afford security detail if needed. Or that their security detail has been defunded/stripped of its capabilities because rich congresspeople have to pay for theirs so they just made the government provided ones objectively useless. Again, it’s such a small part of our taxes that it shouldn’t even be a question. Kids should get lunches since they are legally required to be at school. Federal employees should get protection if their employment puts them at heightened risk. It’s really not that complicated. We have basically the same system the UK does.
Don’t wanna just leave you hanging, so I’ll respond and just say it’s cool of you to say that rather than just ghost. I definitely also see where you were coming from. The rich need to stop milking the poor. Hoping the best for us all going forward.
I didn’t respond to your other points because society DOESN’T provide what’s needed to do the job for pretty much every other industry at the worker level. And to imply that not providing security detail for government employees gate keeps it so they cannot afford it, your party system is already entirely set up to gatekeep the poor from entering the running so I don’t even know what the fuck you’re talking about man.
I think anyone should have the right to opine on anything, but if you’re not even from the US I don’t know how you expect to understand what is and isn’t normal, especially for government jobs.
Society as a whole is not what we’re comparing it to. The whole point of them needing security detail should demonstrate how it’s not like other jobs for other industries. But even so, your initial comment seems to indicate you think it should be provided, but means tested. Now it seems you’re suggesting that the concept in general shouldn’t be done because “society DOESN’T provide”? So either you think it shouldn’t be provided to anyone, objectively a bad decision due to the large volume of credible death threats, or you think it should be provided to some, in which case the majority of my original comment still stands, mainly revolving around how to guarantee parity between public and private and if private security should be given the same leeway that public security is (hint: it shouldn’t).
Yea, the parties make it difficult, but the ones who make it through (AOC, Cori Bush, lots of young progressives) should not have the added stress of fearing they can’t afford security detail if needed. Or that their security detail has been defunded/stripped of its capabilities because rich congresspeople have to pay for theirs so they just made the government provided ones objectively useless. Again, it’s such a small part of our taxes that it shouldn’t even be a question. Kids should get lunches since they are legally required to be at school. Federal employees should get protection if their employment puts them at heightened risk. It’s really not that complicated. We have basically the same system the UK does.
Ok I can see your point.
Don’t wanna just leave you hanging, so I’ll respond and just say it’s cool of you to say that rather than just ghost. I definitely also see where you were coming from. The rich need to stop milking the poor. Hoping the best for us all going forward.