Admiral Rockwell Tory
Diamond Member
I question whether someone who has spent many decades as a LEGISLATOR is therefore qualified to be an EXECUTIVE.
Legislators make no binding decisions. They are a part of an infinite number of committees, and can weigh in at any time. They get a lot of information. But nothing they do has the same impact as an executive decision.
A private sector entrepreneur makes decisions every day that affect not only his life, but the lives of hundreds - maybe thousands - of other people. Creating real jobs and destroying them, creating real money and losing it.
Regardless of your personal feelings about President Trump, the argument about who is better "qualified" in this election is not settled or obvious.
However, they are answerable to no one (unless publically traded), bankruptcy is an acceptable option, they have no tools for dealing with the complexity of a a system of co-equal branches and 59 state governors who do not have to obey and can not be fire, and interactions are not all transactional. The ability to negotiate solutions with a disparate and often conflicting groups of people takes good knowledge of how politics really works. That said, the few presidents have come from a business background have not been very good. I also think very few come from the legislature (but I could be wrong there). Governors seem to do best.
Been taking lessons from Obama? 59 states? I could have sworn we have 50. My flag has 50 starts. How many does yours have?