Meanwhile, since 1980 with the election from Reagan to Trump! Here is the end results for the middle class and working poor:What you seem to be saying is that it's better to have someone with experience outside of government and no government experience running the government than vice versa. Here is the problem I see with that argument. Unlike the early years of the republic, government has become extremely complex and as you say disorganized and wasteful. To get things done in government, you need professionals who understand the organization, the rules, the laws, and constraints it operates under. Most importantly, you need to build the trust and respect of the players you need to accomplish your goals.Having an inexperienced person steering the ship of state makes about as much sense as have having a weekend sailor at the helm of a supertanker. Experience in governing has never been more important than it is today. Anyone that steps into the presidency is stepping into a mine field. The idea that Trump doesn't really need knowledge and experience in government and politics is about as silly as thinking he could have built his multi-billion dollar property development business without the years of experience and education in business and real estate.The presidency is not the place to learn how government functions, political strategies that work and don't work, how to manipulate the media, and the driving forces behind actions of world leaders. In fact, there is little time for a president do much more than react to situations utilizing his experience and knowledge to manage them. As president, you need exactly the talents that Trump does not have, trust, diplomacy, respect, patience, and tolerance. Unfortunately, you don't acquire those talents on the job.Yep, he is learning every day as he goes, just as he did in business as the situation changes by the hour. But he is a very sagacious man who can not only handle it, but feeds off of the challenge. I disagree that he has no world view, he has been dealing with leaders and countries on the international level for a long time, but does he know everything? No, he is learning. But then, did Obama know everything? Did GW? Hillary was farther along in that regard and what did it do for her other than make it easier for her to be a better crook.
I have no trouble understanding the man, and most of his "exaggerations and incorrect or conflicting statements" are part style and part misinterpretation by others for what he means and how he says it. This is a man used to speaking before a BOD and competitors rather than the media. As to his trust and consistency, on certain levels he is very consistent, just not in a way that many are used to, especially on the international level, and really, that is his strength! That is what makes him an effective leader and negotiator---- their inability to see his "hand" in what cards he holds, what cards he will play and when. That gives us much greater leverage. Art of the deal.
Trump has to get rid of the idea that he's the boss, he's in charge. Unlike his business, the rules he operates under are fixed as is the structure of the organization. He is not free to hire anyone he chooses and firing people can have serious political consequences. His staff answers to him but they also answer to congress and the courts. The president is the head of state but not the head of government.
I disagree. I think it is EXACTLY the place to learn these things, especially if you learn fast and get good with good people around to guide you. I would much rather have an honest and well-intended man running the country who is learning the ropes who goes into public service to SERVE THE NATION than a career politician who knows the system inside out, has lots of "friends," and knows just how to milk it to make himself rich. You see, if you look back, the original intention of this nation WAS to have people from the private sector (just like Trump) come in, serve for a few years as a sacrifice to his nation, then go back to his daytime job, NOT be a career politician getting rich at it and crooked. Trump is not an aberration, he is the way the Founders really intended, and as such, inexperience comes with the job.
What I find puzzling is why voters think we don't need experts in congress or the White House when they know quite well that the federal government is probably the most complex organization on earth. Do they believe that the solutions to the nation's problems are so simple that all we need is elected officials that are honesty, have common sense, and a record of success in other fields?
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Non sequitur. You put more value on someone having experience in running political campaigns, etc., than someone having real leadership in running multi-billion dollar enterprises the world over with multiple nations where he creates tens of thousands of jobs, creates wealth and gambles with his own money. Career politicians do none of these things. The problem with Obama's administration is that it had the lowest or one of the lowest percentages of people in it with real private sector experience out in the real world. Very few of them had ever met a budget or deadline or payroll and had lived most all of their entire lives paid by taxpayer money. I think the Trump's administration just might be the very opposite with most of its people having a maximum amount of experience working out in the real world. I find it very disturbing that anyone would argue for PROFESSIONAL politicians like there was a class on it, especially in light of the fact that it flies in the faces of the intentions of the Founders.
The Founders realized that the way to keep government fresh with new ideas and energy, efficient and cooperative and working, and keep corruption down was to have a constant influx and turnover of new minds. Not have people in there in their '80's who had been in there since their 40's. It is when you have the same old crusty and tired people in there year upon year that hard divisions, and obstinances develop, exactly our problem today.
I would only add that the Fed is the most inept, incompetent, disorganized and wasteful organization probably in the world and 99.99% of the people working in it are all highly EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS. So obviously, experience has been proven to not only not be the solution, but might in fact be the problem.
A person may be a dynamic real estate developer who knows real estate values, and markets as no else does but when that person wins political office, he becomes a neophyte in government because government does not operate in anyway like a business. Where businesses seek to operate in a profitable environment, government almost always works in an unprofitable environment. Where businesses manage their affairs in private, government manages in the full light of public disclosure. Where businesses can hire, fire, and reorganize relatively easily, it can take a constitutional amendment in government. Where business answers only to owners, government answers to the voters, taxpayers, and the media.
Just because professionals in government have not lived up to your expectations that does not mean amateurs are going to do a better job. In fact, common sense should tells us the opposite is true.