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trotsky

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3. I hate it when people think someone should be elected to "run government like a business."
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:39 AM
May 2012

It can't - and SHOULDN'T - be done. Government does things that will never, and SHOULD NEVER, turn a profit. That's not what government is for. Running it like a business will ruin it. But then of course, that's what the modern conservative appears to want.

I got one of the two jsmirman May 2012 #1
Yup - the only reason businessmen are elected is to screw us over. Initech May 2012 #2
I hate it when people think someone should be elected to "run government like a business." trotsky May 2012 #3
More importantly, government is supposed to do the things the free market can't and WON'T do TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #13
Bingo. The Constitution clearly states that one of the main functions of our government PA Democrat May 2012 #16
Other presidents as businessmen aristocles May 2012 #4
See... Harding was my second choice jsmirman May 2012 #6
They never even discussed their tangential associations with business, except Hoover and Bush louis c May 2012 #8
There was a lot of discussion of G H W Bush's role in Zapata FarCenter May 2012 #10
That's a far cry from tauting one's business credentials (NT) louis c May 2012 #32
The Warm Springs Polio Rehabilitation Center thucythucy May 2012 #14
Which of them ran on their business background though? NYC Liberal May 2012 #28
Great point AnnieK401 May 2012 #5
The next time someone says run government like a business Gman May 2012 #7
I usually say that a real businessman would eliminate most of the DoD. Ikonoklast May 2012 #12
Whose ROI? Yours and mine, or Exxon and GE? Makes a huge difference. n/t A Simple Game May 2012 #24
Imagine if the government had to account capital stock depreciation as a "loss"... Recursion May 2012 #25
When you start talking about the balance sheet Gman May 2012 #27
Ah, "Good Will" Recursion May 2012 #33
Capitalized lease? Gman May 2012 #41
Or just the accounting equation Recursion May 2012 #42
Credit to the liability for the lease, Gman May 2012 #43
Great post! CanonRay May 2012 #9
Great point! But I think Woody Allen did it better in What's Up Tiger Lilly. TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #11
And why don't Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter count? nt Romulox May 2012 #15
Actually Harry Truman had part ownership in a men's wear store. yellowcanine May 2012 #17
And Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer. That is a business. yellowcanine May 2012 #18
How is a lack of business experience helpful? badtoworse May 2012 #19
Oh, god Doctor_J May 2012 #29
What an erudite response. badtoworse May 2012 #31
It's not the experience so much as the objective. baldguy May 2012 #36
I fully agree. badtoworse May 2012 #40
At the very least, a president had advisors Gman May 2012 #44
LBJ owned radio and TV stations. yellowcanine May 2012 #20
President Obama made a statement recently about just that FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #21
He was absolutely correct badtoworse May 2012 #22
Corporations are sitting on trillions in retained earnings, the "private sector" xtraxritical May 2012 #26
don't feed the troll, xx Doctor_J May 2012 #30
Do you ever post anything worth reading? badtoworse May 2012 #34
Jimmy Carter barbtries May 2012 #23
That was my first thought too RZM May 2012 #38
You give Bush too much credit eallen May 2012 #35
His"business background" was largely a failure. baldguy May 2012 #37
Important post RogerShuler May 2012 #39
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