In what way?
Foxy,
Ok, let me answer with a question. When did the voters ever get to have a say over the prices & wages tribunal & the Public Service remuneration Board ?
Do you really believe Bureaucrats would get as much as they do if voters had any say ?

Good Morning Individual,

I'm a firm believer in people expressing their
views via their vote. And just because something did not
happen in the past does not mean it can't happen in
the future. Things can and do change.

Now back to the topic regarding Donald Trump's life
long pension. From what I can gather former US
Presidents are not entitled to their pension if
they're convicted in an impeachment trial or removed
from office if serving. Because Mr Trump's upcoming
trial won't actually remove him from office and he's
no longer serving - he will most probably get his
pension. Whether he accepts it - is another matter.

Foxy, pleased to see you back all OK.
People have complained about polly salaries but it never takes off
as a controversy. The reason, the other side does not take it up.
Why, because they are not going to cut their own throat.
Actually bureaucrat salaries are almost certainly a bigger problem.
Even when they leave they get engaged as "consultants" at higher amounts.
One of the major charges against Trump was his phone call to Georgia
official to find him some thousands of votes.
Turned out to be a lie as found on a dumped computer. The Washington
Post admitted it.
Doesn't matter of course as the lie did the job anyway.
Anyway, we have bigger problems ahead of us in a number of areas.

Hi Bazz,

And Thank You for the welcome back.
I guess there is a bit of wishful thinking
on my part and both you and Individual have
raised valid points. Of course we do have
other priorities also that we should be pursuing.
Not sure how I'm going to vote at the next election.
The way things are at the moment.

According to CNN - "Trump presided over dozens of
ethical scandals, egregious procedural lapses and
startling indiscretions most of which would have ended
the political career of any other national political
figure of the past century. But the trampling of norms
barely registered with most of the American public."

So what does the future hold for this man? Several
suggestions have been given. From forming a Third Party,
to continuing calls for violence, to creating his own
communications company, to getting convicted by the
Senate by a Republican Party ready to move on, to
disappearing in a swamp of criminal charges and civil
suits, to going to jail, to looking abroad either for
refuge or to enrich himself.

We're told that ex presidents are usually predictable. That
they write their memoirs, appear on chat shows, join a
lecture circuit, or preside over commemorative libraries.
However the prediction given is - not Donald Trump.

He still has enormous support in the US. Especially from -
extreme evangelicals to QAnon, the Proud Boys to neo-Nazis,
from the Oath Keepers militia to white supremacists.

Insurrection? Resurrection? Obscurity?
Only time will tell.
His taxpayer funded benefits seem like the least of concerns
for America. But perhaps that's being too harsh.

Just by way of interest - will Donald Trump
be allowed to have another crack at the
Presidency? The Democrats have recently
taken back control of the Senate. It's
fairly likely they'll block him from going for
a second term.

BTW: - Trump, whose businesses have billed US
taxpayers more than $1 million for rent and
other services since he took office, would
be able to be compensated for rent for offices in
his own property.

One perk he will not get however, is health insurance.
A President needs to be in federal office for at
least 5 years to get that perk.