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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
The last person you want in government is someone who will run it like a business.
That is like the exact literal opposite of what is good for 99% of the people.
The goal of a business, especially a public company, is to make money and that's it. Running a government means you need to spend a shit ton of money on stuff that is very much not profitable. These people HATE doing that. It goes against everything they know.
Their idea of public support is along the lines of "just let rich people get richer, and it will trickle down to the rest of the population in the form of jobs! And all these job-having people will pay more in taxes" fucking  |
Technically, this is not true at all. A business needs to be accountable for its expenses and income, otherwise, it'd go bankrupt and cease to exist.
We have, for far too long, allowed the government to run with little to no accountability because no matter what happens, it's always going to be there. It'd never die.
And you know where the problem is? We have no political leaders with an actual vision. Political parties are too busy fighting for votes that all they do is try as hard as possible to sabotage the plan of the party in power or another party from gaining power.
Apple wouldn't be where it is today without the vision of Jobs. One could argue all they want, but it was him who first saw the potential of GUI. It was also him who saw the potential of a handheld device with a multi-touch interface. Neither were invented by Apple.
So, when politicians are too busy either pleasing their voters by buying votes (benefit plans) or passing laws with the least resistance path, you get what you are referring to "spending shit tons of money".
Think about it... who are the people we can usually vote for? Heir of powerful/rich families? Lawyers who learn nothing but to argue for the sake of argument? Or lifetime politicians who see getting elected as a career (hence $$$)? TV personalities or someone famous?
None of these people can prove that they have a vision of any kind.