If nonrich people were getting elected I ' d be all for the stipend . But they ' re not . They ' re already rich . Only the rich can afford to be president right now as it is ! A nonrich person is simply not going to get elected . Your argument does not make any sense . I genuinely cannot believe that you think that paying a rich guy 200 k a year to do nothing makes financial sense when there ' s far worse issues out there where that money could be utilized better . The ONLY thing that I agree makes sense is providing former presidents with security personnel . They ' re still a fairly high profile target for an assassin or martyr . <| sep |> That ' s actually the present perfect , btw . The past perfect would be Mir hatte die Party gefallen I had liked the party