In the US we started the long road of voting for the next president of the country today in the State of Iowa. Although many people wonder if their vote really counts, we live in a part of the world where we have the opportunity to play a role in the political landscape. It is up to us to play a role and have our voices heard, I can assure you that there are many people in this world that have no say or opportunity to voice their challenges. Just need to look at all the refugees fleeing Africa and the Middle East regions to see that still today, some peoples lives and liberties are threatened.
Leading the polls at present on the two sides is the long serving politician who has fulfilled various roles in governing this country. We also have the business man, who is not ashamed that he represents the 1%, assuming that he can understand and create a solution for the other 99% of people in the country.
It got me thinking to how so many people have said that we need seasoned business people running this country like a business. This is based on the perspective that businesses operate according to rules and follow tight fiscal responsibility to make profit. I do not disagree that we need to have responsible people in the office of government, and ultimately this must have been the attitude and thoughts by wise people of years gone by.
We need to vote and place people in power that will not be corrupted by the power or opportunity, and my concern is that whether the person is a veteran public official or seasoned wheeler and dealer, we stand at the mercy that these people act and perform their tasks based on the good of the country and all the citizens.
I am less convinced that a person with years of business profits will be successful, especially when you consider that for these years they have been acting for their own personal benefit. What would stop them from seizing the opportunity to hold an office to add to their own bank accounts? I am too not convinced that we are better off with the veteran politician, as they know the ways to benefit from laws and loopholes better than those from the business world, after all they probably were the ones writing the laws that created their opportunities.
In the same way that we need to selectively choose who we do business based on their character, expertise and passion for the BIG picture, we need to consider our political partner that we endorse to hold the office that wields the greatest temptation!
Leading the polls at present on the two sides is the long serving politician who has fulfilled various roles in governing this country. We also have the business man, who is not ashamed that he represents the 1%, assuming that he can understand and create a solution for the other 99% of people in the country.
It got me thinking to how so many people have said that we need seasoned business people running this country like a business. This is based on the perspective that businesses operate according to rules and follow tight fiscal responsibility to make profit. I do not disagree that we need to have responsible people in the office of government, and ultimately this must have been the attitude and thoughts by wise people of years gone by.
We need to vote and place people in power that will not be corrupted by the power or opportunity, and my concern is that whether the person is a veteran public official or seasoned wheeler and dealer, we stand at the mercy that these people act and perform their tasks based on the good of the country and all the citizens.
I am less convinced that a person with years of business profits will be successful, especially when you consider that for these years they have been acting for their own personal benefit. What would stop them from seizing the opportunity to hold an office to add to their own bank accounts? I am too not convinced that we are better off with the veteran politician, as they know the ways to benefit from laws and loopholes better than those from the business world, after all they probably were the ones writing the laws that created their opportunities.
In the same way that we need to selectively choose who we do business based on their character, expertise and passion for the BIG picture, we need to consider our political partner that we endorse to hold the office that wields the greatest temptation!
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