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WCGreen

(45,558 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:47 PM Jul 2012

This had to be said.... [View all]

In a business, the CEO is interested in turning a profit for the shareholders. Period.

In government, the elected leader is to make sure that the essential social covenant between voters and the general public is full filled.

These two are not the same.

The skills to run a business are not at all related to the skills needed to oversee a governmental entity.

That is all,

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This had to be said.... [View all] WCGreen Jul 2012 OP

And your post is incorrect, you say an elected leader is to make sure... MiniMe Jul 2012 #1

Exactly right. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2012 #2

And it needs to be repeated... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #3

Great analogy. DrewFlorida Jul 2012 #7

What you say about elected leaders is true, provided that they value traditional Democratic values. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #4

Totally different. kentuck Jul 2012 #5

Well said! DrewFlorida Jul 2012 #6

This needs to be repeated again and again and again! Paka Jul 2012 #8

Government is to business as the football field, rules and referee are to the football teams. ErikJ Jul 2012 #9

Yep, because business and government don't exist for the same purpose. Beartracks Jul 2012 #10