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Hortense's avatar

When you run on culture wars and that" the government spends too much", actual knowledge of how government works and the ins-and-outs of the economy are not requirements for office.

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Ben Gruder's avatar

Knowledge of how government works is an impediment to this kind of foolishness.

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Alexandra Barcus's avatar

True. I guess that speaks to the need for Civics lessons in school.

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redlineblue's avatar

"The government should be run like a business!!1!"

Okay. What happens to grazing fees in that scenario?

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mel ladi's avatar

Such a disconnect. Just try getting through to people that the government and business have different funding, methods, goals and shareholders (aka we the people).

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Keith Sherman's avatar

Good luck with that!

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TW Falcon's avatar

So the people who like to say the government should be run like a business first didn't want to pay the bills and now want to shut the whole thing down.

I don't think they understand how business works.

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Hortense's avatar

Or they understand how Trump does business. He was notorious for not wanting to pay his contractors.

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TW Falcon's avatar

And bankruptcy. So I suppose that's next.

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Hortense's avatar

Sure, why not? I wonder what bankruptcy chapter would apply? The one where the entity is wound down and sold off or the one where the entity is reorganized and creditors may or may not get any money?

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TW Falcon's avatar

Whichever benefits the moneyed interests the most.

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JMFK's avatar

The case for Trump running for President in 2016 was that the government should be run like a business and that he was a successful businessman. The NY Civil case has now proven that the only thing Trump was ever successful at was FRAUD. Also, if the US Government were run like a business we would cut our losses by stopping to put more money into the red states than we get back.

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William's avatar

So now the case for Trump is that the US should be run as a fraud, a delusion, a fantasy and this is just what he’s running on.

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max skinner's avatar

Did they need fraud cases to show that. How about the bankrupt casinos? He even built casinos to compete with the ones he already owned. Doesn't sound like a smart business move to me.

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Hortense's avatar

So, Trump has truly made the GOP in his image. They are all fraudsters.

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Hortense's avatar

Also, quite a lot of businesses fail in their first few years.

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