09-27-2016, 12:34 PM
One time, just one time, I'd like to see someone take a candidate to school on the budget stuff. What I mean by this is that every candidate, but especially those with a business background, make comments to the effect of running the government like a business and all of that. It can't be done. Absolutely, without any wiggle room, can't. We see this sort of commentary come up from people, and candidates, on a regular basis and I'd just like someone to come in there and lay it out for them.
Being able to be under budget in a business is a very, very different thing than being able to do it in a government. I say this as someone with experience budgeting in both corporate and government entities. Which is, of course, why this is easily one of my biggest pet peeves with politicians. Unrealistic fiscal positions are shoved out there because the majority of the electorate are ignorant to the mechanics of it all, and they want to be ignorant, and the politicians want them to be ignorant because otherwise the people would wake up to their bull shit.
Been watching some clips from last night and had to say this.
/rant
Being able to be under budget in a business is a very, very different thing than being able to do it in a government. I say this as someone with experience budgeting in both corporate and government entities. Which is, of course, why this is easily one of my biggest pet peeves with politicians. Unrealistic fiscal positions are shoved out there because the majority of the electorate are ignorant to the mechanics of it all, and they want to be ignorant, and the politicians want them to be ignorant because otherwise the people would wake up to their bull shit.
Been watching some clips from last night and had to say this.
/rant
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
