| JWeinCom said:
It is simply not 100% CEO. To avoid getting into it, I'll just use a simple example, the military. From a business perspective, the military is useless. While it does create jobs, it is a huge drain on the economy. In a business sense it would make sense to cut it out completely. But of course, there is a security issue as well. Social issues are something typically not in the realm of a CEO in the same way, nor is border control. And even economic issues are far different. The government is ultimately (or at least shouldn't be) a money making endeavor. Again there are some skills that crossover, but it's just not the same thing. On issuesthe, those are really broad statements. A lot of people agree with securing borders, but you need a plan to do that. His idea of forcing Mexico to build a fence is silly. It doesn't account for the changing demographics in immigration (less immigrants are coming from Mexico as opposed to other regions) and the idea of having Mexico build a fence is laughable enough that even right wing pundits like Bill O Reilly have pointed out its stupidity. Replace common core with what exactly? I find that most people opposed to common core are more opposed to what they think Common Core is as opposed to what it actually is (I'm a teacher btw). I'm not a huge fan of common core, but it's hardly the boogeyman people make it out to be. But, what does Trump want to replace it with? Because if we leave it to each school district to decide, we're going to have an educational disaster. On the subject of flip flopping, see Trumps ideas from his pseudo campaigns from 2000, and see them now. He's been consistent in few things (tariffs for instance), but has switched in many issues from tax reform to abortion and so on. I'm actually pulling for Sanders right now, so I could do a bit of a better job on explaining policies I support. Firstly, his opposition to citizens united, and the plan to introduce a constitutional ammendment.... which of course would be a tough sell in politics, but he may very well be appointing justices to the supreme court, so it's not unfeasible to overturn that. I support the DISCLOSE act, his stance on energy (securing money for clean energy in the stimulus package), the too big to fail act, breaking up big banks, reversing trade agreements (yeah I know Trump does too), expanding stem cell research, and so on. |
It is simply not 100% CEO. To avoid getting into it, I'll just use a simple example, the military.....
So you're saying that you need to make wise decisions based on the best known information at any given time in a myriad of fields? Which is essentially what a CEO does. The CEO of Google might not be the most knowledgable programmer in the company for example, but he needs to be smart enough to assemble the proper resources to make the best possible decision.
You're saying that all of these aspects are different, then I have to ask....What candidate would ever be qualified to hold the position? Definitely not Hilary Clinton or Bernie Sanders or any of the other GOP leadership.
On issuesthe, those are really broad statements. A lot of people agree with securing borders, but you need a plan to do that. His idea of forcing Mexico to build a fence is silly.
I don't think it's silly. If there are parts of the border that are easily penetrable (Over 300,000 illegal immigrants cross the border annually from what I last read), then it's absolutely viable. We can't have a viable country with loose borders and it's not financially feasible long-term. Most illegal immigrants are coming from the weak Southern border. As for common core? (My Fiance is a teacher as well) It's largely a failure and he would be right to fix it and discuss with Education leaders the best approach. As with anything, there is a multitude of ideas as to what that approach needs to be.
On the subject of flip flopping...
Not saying Trump is better in this regard, simply no different.
I'm not a big fan of Hilary. I'm aware of her general positions.....
The point was, she's been probably even more vague regarding her positions than any other candidate.
I'm actually pulling for Sanders right now
Sanders is essentially a straight-forward socialist. I run a small business (22 employees) and there is no way in hell I'd be able to stay afloat with the 15$ minimum wage he's presented. It shows a complete and utter lack of knowledge of the most important attribute to America and while he thinks he's going to 'stick it to the man!!' it doesn't hurt them nearly like it would hurt small business. I don't mind Sanders, but he's shown that he's not a leader and not someone who is going to win negotiations with some of the more sly rulers around the world.
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