Don ' t look now , but they are doing the same thing with the VanzantWaterson fight . Vanzant has very little chance of winning , but this is a great way to market Waterson . <| sep |> Hmmm . It does make sense , but I did a bit more reading and read that you can just move the gear selector around to engage the torque converter . Sure it won ' t get 100 % of the fluid , but it will do a better job than just a drain and fill imo . That makes sense . I change my oil every 5 k , so I change about every 23 months . <| sep |> Oh no doubt , but they do . And now it ' s come out that a commonly cited source of news can be altered at will by administration whose ire can apparently be drawn by 5 th gradetier name calling . <| sep |> This particular law isn ' t meant to be flexible the recipient is entitled the pay regardless of their personal income or wealth . It ' s a policy tool to get the best candidates competing for the office . You will always have people who use their talents in the private sector because that ' s where the most money is for those who are high in demand . The pension is to compensate those specific groups of people who would have the capability to actually run for president and then do the job . That way a life in public service isn ' t detrimental to your financial security . Or another way to think about it . Just because you are a millionaire doesn ' t mean that you shouldn ' t get the pension . It is not an award , it is an entitlement . After all we don ' t want to discourage those who are on the margins . We want access to as much possible talent , wherever it may be found in the United States , and we want them to run for office and federal positions a judge for example . This insures a healthy competition for the top jobs in the republic a boon for the public good that outweighs the offerings . The pension is not about fairness or justice . It ' s about insuring a high quality of candidates for the republic . Besides , the US government has a pension plan for almost all federal employees . Why not the president as well ?