One of the notions that always perplexed me is the worship of wealthy people in this country. I really don't get how business leaders and Jesus are somehow cut from the same cloth. Considering what Christ said about rich people in the Bible, it makes no sense.
But even if you are part of the non religious right, the leaders of the private sector are to be revered in a god like way. Somehow, if someone is wealthy, they: a) are successful in business so b) they would be a great president.
Take Mitt Romney, for example. He is viewed as a success in business simply because he has always been rich. He is rich because of his father and his time in the business community was largely spent gutting companies and reselling them for profit. I've held George Romney up many times as an example of what success used to mean (eg refusing a bloated salary, more thought towards the workers) but that doesn't make his son someone who can turn the economy around...especially since his perception of success is based on what is systemically wrong with our country as a whole.
Donald Trump is another example. He is viewed as a success. He inherited money from his dad and then proceeded to lose it all...get it back again...lose it all...get it back again...does anyone know how much he is really worth?
The point of all of this (as Maher details quite eloquently in the final new rule below) is that being a businessman doesn't mean you will be a good president. The government is not "for profit"...especially the United States government. Kindly leave your foot licking of corporate leaders at the door and remember whose feet were being licked in September of 2008 after these "titans" nearly destroyed the world economy.
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You forgot to mention the other Kings of Entitlement, the Koch brothers, whose father was also rich and got them into the family business.
The Koch brothers inherited their money? I was under the impression that they worked hard and earned every penny of it only to have it stolen away and redistributed to people that don't deserve it.
Who was it on here that was running their mouth about how the debt ceiling didn't matter?
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-eric-cantor-question-august-debt-ceiling-deadline/story?id=13757321
I give Cantor credit for behaving like an adult for a change.
That would be Mark. Running his mouth that the national debt doesn't matter. We never have to pay it back, and the definition of credit involves never paying it back.
I don't recall anyone saying the debt ceiling doesn't matter, but I find some of these posts hard to get through.
One of the notions that always perplexed me is the worship of wealthy people in this country.
Once again, you are talking about and with the voices in your head, not the people that actually read and comment here.
I don't suppose you are going to read those Mead articles I linked to. Pity, that could be an interesting discussion.
You must be pretty pissed off at Brietbart today. Wiener should really pull out.
Pun intended.
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