Kate wrote: Government is not a business - your analogy (and question) is irrelevant. If Obama were CEO, he could fire the do nothing Congress. Management skills in government are much different than managing a business. Apples & oranges.
Well... I'd like a president that understands managing money, how the real world works. You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand managing money. Well... I'd like a president that understands budgets, how the real world works. You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand budgeting. Well... I'd like a president that understands firing, which speaks to a person who realizes when someone is not doing their job (Eric Holder comes to mind). You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand firing. Well... I'd like a president that understands hiring, vetting, how to judge the character and qualifications of his personal (Van Jones comes to mind). You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand hiring.
My goodness... you just agreed that Obama is lacking in these skills. What kind of president do you want?
Kate wrote: Government is not a business - your analogy (and question) is irrelevant. If Obama were CEO, he could fire the do nothing Congress. Management skills in government are much different than managing a business. Apples & oranges.
Read much business news? CEO's are not the dictators you think they are. Yahoo just fired their top guy for lying on his resume. Being a CEO is a balancing act just like being President. There are few execs like Trump.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
I don't WANT some elitist who only knows how to make money for investors running the country. Government is NOT a business. He's already proved that " don't care about poor people." He doesn't care about workers, middle class, poor, or anyone else except investors, and he's already proven that job-creation has nothing to do with Private Equity. The only thing that counts is vulture-capitalism. I don't want a president like that... (We already had 8 years of it, and we KNOW how that turned out.)
Kate wrote: Government is not a business - your analogy (and question) is irrelevant. If Obama were CEO, he could fire the do nothing Congress. Management skills in government are much different than managing a business. Apples & oranges.
Well... I'd like a president that understands managing money, how the real world works. You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand managing money. Well... I'd like a president that understands budgets, how the real world works. You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand budgeting. Well... I'd like a president that understands firing, which speaks to a person who realizes when someone is not doing their job (Eric Holder comes to mind). You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand firing. Well... I'd like a president that understands hiring, vetting, how to judge the character and qualifications of his personal (Van Jones comes to mind). You just agreed that Obama doesn't understand hiring.
My goodness... you just agreed that Obama is lacking in these skills. What kind of president do you want?
Actually, I did not agree. Read again. You're just wishful thinking.
LadyJazzer wrote: I don't WANT some elitist who only knows how to make money for investors running the country. Government is NOT a business. He's already proved that " don't care about poor people." He doesn't care about workers, middle class, poor, or anyone else except investors, and he's already proven that job-creation has nothing to do with Private Equity. The only thing that counts is vulture-capitalism. I don't want a president like that... (We already had 8 years of it, and we KNOW how that turned out.)
Pick and choose much? Ignore the millions the man gives to charity? Giving his inheiritance away? Of course by only reading HuffPo don't expect balance only hack jobs like the illegal haircut of decades ago. Or sound bites taken out of context. A man who cares so little he shut down Bain Capital to take everyone to NYC to search for an employees kid.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
The man gave millions to the Mormon Church... So f'ing what? That's not "charity." Gave his inheritance away? And created a $100million trust-fund for his kids? NONE of which has ANYTHING to do with caring about the rest of society, and making him qualified to run a country for anyone other than the 1%-ers.
Sound bites out of context? Like you guys run from FauxNews that suggest Obama said things out-of-context? Like the fake Obama "I am a Muslim" video you guys try to run every few weeks? Like the fake "Apology" crap you run every few weeks? Spare me your daily does of "They did it too."
It is HIS money. He earned it. He can do what he wants with his money. The Mormon Curch believes in titheing (sp) he didnt give his money away.He followed his beliefs. Not my beliefs, but I dont understand the Mormon religion.
I would like a president that does understand money. The US economy is one giant hedge fund, he understands those economics. He understands how to leverage across economic markets. Keep in mind, "Past performance is no guarantee of future returns." It goes both ways.
It is basically a crap shoot.
I will go with Romney, knowing how to make money as opposed to just spending the country into oblivion.