the "buck stop" comment? I wasn't really invoking that. I was referring to the irrational finance silliness with debt and deficit numbers that have now just become monopoly money type afterthoughts.
failed businessmen are some of the most valuable resources on earth, depending on why they failed. Some of our most successful businessmen and entrepreneurs have been failed businessmen prior to success.
I'm not sure that's the only road that would qualify someone for the role, but I see this as a viable set of qualifications.
I didn't at all advocate that those are the only qualifications. The worst possible qualifications today are those of an attorney turned career politician or someone who bootstrapped off a husband while being a political activist.
But without some power to actually affect things, that is simple fear on the buisnessmens part. Unless the President actually does have power other than being on a bully pulpit. As a former business owner yourself, what did any President do that directly affected your business? I am truly ignorant in this, so any questions are truly asked with intentions to be educated.
Bill Clinton caused every secretary I asked to stay late for a "special session" to ask if I smoked cigars.
Just the uncertainty of future tax obligations is a major factor. Business owners who have already created a business worth something are conservate by nature
Capping spending, simplifying the tax code, and committing to an overall tax structure for some period of time all seem like doable things. I could work with conservatives on that. I, too, would be willing to make some hard spending cuts but would like to do so with a scalpel. A good starting place would be to no longer allow deficit spending without a congressional declaration of war.
This could never happen in today's government. Why? It takes common sense and integrity that's not present in today's race to win, race to spend two party system. If you hear this out of a candidate, it's a lie.
