This is the problem with a CEO as a President

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5. there are many types of businesses and many types of ceos

some might translate fairly well to government, others, not so much.


generally, managing a large bureaucracy would be a useful background for being president. so ross perot probably wouldn't have had the competency issues that donnie has had.

but donnie's business was much more of a small, family organization. not a big company to make big products, but rather a collection of individual deals. he didn't manage a big bureaucracy, he really only managed a handful of project managers and fired people until he got the results he wanted. that's not an approach that translates well to government at all.


moreover, there are two ways to make money in business. one is to provide goods and services others need and take a modest profit; the other is to find ways to steer money of the money into your pockets as opposed to someone else's pockets.

donnie never game much of a crap about the first method, and his specialty was the second. screwing lenders, suppliers, employees, customers, everybody.

again, not an approach that translates to government at all. well, except in the russian model.


not all ceos are created equal....