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[buckman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

In one sentence, you have completely explained why Bush was the biggest failure of a president.

Being a business owner, I see running a government as not much unlike running a business. Every decision needs to be precisely calculated to produce the most optimal results. Every action or policy put into place must produce the maximum benefit to, not only the company, but also the customer. This is where Bush failed.

I agree that in many aspects, many of Bush's actions stemmed from heartfelt beliefs. However, it is my opinion that almost *all* of Bush's policies were based on his "heartfelt belief" as opposed to calculated decisions.

This raises the question...What the hell makes you think Obama won't fail? He should be poised to be the worst President ever by your logic.

And I agree 100% with your statement.

[spence]

Originally Posted by buckman

This raises the question...What the hell makes you think Obama won't fail? He should be poised to be the worst President ever by your logic.

Not necessarily.

Take health care for instance. It's perhaps our biggest challenge and yet one where there's an abundance of cash flow. If I was a business person I'd treat the systemic issues with strategic solutions.

For instance we may be able to dramatically reduce costs through early detection, or achieve economies of scale by consolidating services. These solutions have proven difficult if not impossible to deploy with a hybrid free market system. Hell, we don't even let the Government negotiate discount rates for pharmaceuticals!

The counter argument of course is that it could limit choice, or create socialistic entitlements. But these are ideological issues that ignore a potential net gain to the system, and that could be a better use of the same taxpayer money.

A business person would ignore ideology at first and look for innovative solutions to the big problems, then use their ideology as guiding principals to stress test the actual solutions.

-spence