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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The President flies in Air Force One to accommodate the security requirements of the office and the people who need to travel with him for, e.g., national security reasons, regardless of the reason for the trip. I have no problem with it.
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I wrote that, yes, that’s the argument most would make to justify his use of the plane.
I’ve also heard the “it’s an incumbent’s perk” argument.
But no matter how you slice it, to the extent it’s used for political trips, this is a huge subsidy to the incumbent party without any corresponding credit to the opposition party. If Trump can take AFO to rallies, we should budget for an amount equal to the cost of doing so to be given to the DNC. Otherwise, you have the party out of power subsidizing the party in power. Seems fundamentally unfair.
