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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs America over the "gotta have a business man for President" kick?
Look how well that has turned out for us
hell, ross perot wasn't this stupid
herman cain? Mr. 999 that would have been a fucking disaster but not near the clusterfuck we have now
BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)mentioned.....it never ends.
Wounded Bear
(58,767 posts)The government is not a business and can't be run like one.
leftieNanner
(15,190 posts)COMPLETE FUCKING LUNATIC CRAZY PERSON!!!
And a crappy businessman too.
Wounded Bear
(58,767 posts)maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)and she wanted "someone" like Warren Buffett. She's Liberal but she reads the WSJ every day and thinks the Business World knows how things should work.
I pointed out that:
A. Warren Buffett is 9 million years old. This is now a moot point.
B. If Capitalism was a human being, it would diagnosed as a Psychopath.
Lo and behold, we elect a Businessman, and he's literally a Psychopath.
sop
(10,284 posts)rein in the excesses of big business, not put the fox inside the henhouse.
maxsolomon
(33,449 posts)Remember Balancing the Budget? The Deficit? The Debt? Sequestration? When the GOP pretended to give a shit about any of that?
An actual intelligent Businessperson who tried to honestly address that issue would do exactly what any intelligent Pol would do: raise marginal tax rates to increase revenue, and cut the DoD's budget - hard.
And then they'd be kicked out of office at the end of their 1st term.
erronis
(15,431 posts)And yet I've been taught forever (since the 1950s) that capitalism is the savior of the world.
We should worship making money.
The marketplace will level the playing field. The wealth will trickle down.
The rich just played their cards better - not that they got dealt a far better hand.
I hope we all start to realize this has been a ruse. Yes there are some good people who are rich. But there are many, many more good people who struggle.
It's not the luck of the draw. It's the favoritism of the dealer.
anamnua
(1,130 posts)until such time as a *competent* businessman takes the reins.
SWBTATTReg
(22,191 posts)already from history but NO. The republicans keep pushing these worthless and grossly unqualified candidates to the forefront. Perhaps its a sad commentary on the ability of the republican party to get decent, well versed candidates on all things government-wise, and having the ability to reach out and make constructive compromises.
MFM008
(19,829 posts)Argument.... we dare not discuss politics.
Mme. Defarge
(8,058 posts)I said to the surgeon, Hell no, youre doing the operation because I want my surgeon to be a business man! Not.