"Running a state is different than running a business"

[NYcarbineer]

So says Governor Perry, in response to the idea that Romney's business experience makes him more qualified to be president.

"It's oranges and apples" said Perry.

Is he right? Can private sector experience be dismissed as irrelevant when discussing qualifications for the presidency?

I seem to have heard quite the contrary around here...

Perry kisses off Romney criticism: ‘Give him my love’ – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

 

[Truthmatters]

they will be very entertaining to watch tear at each other

 

[Avatar4321]

they will be very entertaining to watch tear at each other

It will be much more entertaining to see Obama lose to them in a landslide. And satisfying too

 

[Avatar4321]

Addressing the actual comment, perhaps someone should point out that Governor Romney also ran a state.

 

[blastoff]

IMO a lot of overlap in management skills needed for running a business or a state.

 

[Wiseacre]

I wish Obama had more business experience. I don't think he know jacksquat about helping the private sector.

 

[Claudette]

Barry got elected and he had no experience at all. Private sector or otherwise.

Hope and Change payed off big time for him.

To bad it isn't paying off for the rest of us.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Addressing the actual comment, perhaps someone should point out that Governor Romney also ran a state.

Perry and his handlers are such morons.

 

[DontBeStupid]

Running a country or state is not the same as running a business or your personal finances.

The sooner people learn this, the sooner we can start electing qualified individuals.

 

[martybegan]

IMO a lot of overlap in management skills needed for running a business or a state.

The conditions you run a business under are far harder to deal with. As a CEO your pay (should be at least) tied to the performance of the company. Better performance = more pay. As a governor your pay is what it is. A business has to remain profitable to stay in business. State governments so far do not. Running a governmental entity is like being able to increase the amount of money your customers pay for a service (i.e taxes) whenever you feel like it, and your customer still has to buy the prodcut unless they want to relocate.

On the other side running a business doesnt involve all the lobbyists and competing agendas of various groups. The business has one goal: Make money.

 

[Warrior102]

Running a country or state is not the same as running a business or your personal finances.

The sooner people learn this, the sooner we can start electing qualified individuals.

Yeah stupid, we're seeing this in Obama. A freshman Senator with experience as a "Community Organizer," whatever the fuck that is.

 

[DontBeStupid]

Running a country or state is not the same as running a business or your personal finances.

The sooner people learn this, the sooner we can start electing qualified individuals.

Yeah stupid, we're seeing this in Obama. A freshman Senator with experience as a "Community Organizer," whatever the fuck that is.

Obama had over a decade of experience as a Constitutional Professor and he had experience in a state legislature. That is still BETTER experience than running a business.

But hey, perhaps you could tell us all how running a for-profit company is exactly the same as running a state or country.

 

[Jarhead]

Running a country or state is not the same as running a business or your personal finances.

The sooner people learn this, the sooner we can start electing qualified individuals.

Yeah stupid, we're seeing this in Obama. A freshman Senator with experience as a "Community Organizer," whatever the fuck that is.

Obama had over a decade of experience as a Constitutional Professor and he had experience in a state legislature. That is still BETTER experience than running a business.

But hey, perhaps you could tell us all how running a for-profit company is exactly the same as running a state or country.

Being a constitutional professor requires absolutely no skills as it pertains to anticipating the unlikely, being pro active, and forecasting.

Running a for profit company and a state require all of them.

 

[Jarhead]

Running a country or state is not the same as running a business or your personal finances.

The sooner people learn this, the sooner we can start electing qualified individuals.

The same thing?
No.
Many similarities?
Absolutely.

It is quite obvious you have never run a business....as I noticed you coupled it with running personal finances....they are not to be coupled together.

But I can spend hours describing what I do as a business owner that must be applied as a governor of a state.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Jimmy Carter was a veteran, ran a successful business, and served as a governor before he was president...

 

[Jarhead]

Jimmy Carter was a veteran, ran a successful business, and served as a governor before he was president...

This why he was a viable candidate for the presidency.
Sadly, he allowed ideology to get in his way of porper governing and he proved to be a one term unsuccessful president.