### Comment:
hey im not taking sides here. as for the protection i dont think its due to that (they have enough money to hire bodyguards themselves anyways). its probably more to do with the fact presidents hold lots of confidential information so its better to keep em safe

### REPLY:
An excellent point. I look at it from the point of view that we should protect the people we've elected to hold our highest offices. Our government wastes far more money on grants studying the reproductive habits of prairie chickens or the mating tendencies of transsexual goldfish than it does on lifetime SS details anyway.

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