Three Years of Business Experience Before Running for President

[erpowers]

Today, I saw a clip in which Mitt Romney stated that one of his supporters stated that there should a constitutional requirement that one must have three years of business experience before becoming president. President Bush had three years of business experience and the net job creation rate during his time in office was only one million jobs. Also, the debt increased during his time in office by about $4-5 trillion. In addition, Mitt Romney had at least three years of business experience before becoming governor of massachusetts. During his term in office, massachusetts ranked 47 out of 50 states in job creation.

On the other hand, President Clinton did not have three years of business experience under his belt before becoming president. However, during the Clinton Administration the net job creation number was 22 million jobs. At the same time, the federal government's budget was balanced and/or in surplus for at least three years.

There are a number of other presidents that did not have business experience before becoming president. Republicans are very fond of one of those presidents. Maybe they should think about what would happen to their favorites if some of their ideas were put into place. It is possible; however, that they only want their ideas applied to Democrats.

[JoePhilly]

1. Mitt wants to be America's CEO, and we get to be his workers.

Mitt and his senior management staff reap the profits, and we get outsourced.

[Politicalboi]

2. Couldn't a

President Rmoney baptize all those "christian Amercians" to Mormons?

[liberal N proud]

3. The government is not a business

The GOP can't get 'for profit out of their thick skulls.

The think someone must get richer at every turn and it should be at the cost of the poor.

[TeamPooka]

4. Grant, Eisenhower and Clinton

are three off the top of my head that Mitt does not think were qualified to be President since they lack the 3 years of BizDev he would require.

[Marie Marie]

5. Heard on Stephanie Miller this morning that

the only 2 presidents that had business experience were George W and Herbert Hoover. If this is true, then this is just the latest thing that Mittens was way wrong about. Even if this is not true, his own experience as a business man and his proposed agenda as President also proves him wrong.

[Initech]

6. President =/= CEO.

[madinmaryland]

7. Hmm. I don't recall Reagan having any business experience, except for his UNION experience.

Let's see him remind his "base" of that!