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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
something i've never understood is how, after watching all these years, we elect wealthy businessmen in to office KNOWING that they can't manage the budget? yet a majority of us are still gulled in to the rhetoric of 'I'm just ordinary folk like you'.
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Most of them are not wealthy business men, they are wealthy but not business men. While I have no doubt there are a number who became wealthy with 'hot tips' due to their government positions (and I'd give examples but they are all democrats and its not my intent to be partisan) I'd be willing to bet there are few self made millionaires in the lot.
The other problem of course is what do they seek? Serving the people is wonderful in theory but power and ego have a lot to do with it. The government budget doesn't matter to them as its not 'their' money, any more than a guy working at kinkos cares if he spills extra toner, he didn't pay for it. This is why I'd trust real business people, those who built a business on their own to be better managers of tax money than most of these elected officials.