It has been said throughout recent history that that a business man would know how to fix the problems of the nation in congress, the senate and now the presidency.
If this had any resemblance to the truth, we would not be in this mess because congress, where all the money in the nation is spent, has been made up of a bunch of business men for some time now and we have been following the path of Enron since so many of them are there.
Lets take a real street world look, not some text book hypothetical hopeful example because this is what the real business men roll up there sleeves for…
-Success depends on back-room deals, insider trading, rigging markets, skirting the law, paying election campaign moneys to make favorable legislation that either let you buy or put your competitor out or merge with them to eliminate them or just give yourself a tax advantage that your competitor can not afford.
Hardly qualities and methods that make you a innovator that builds the better mouse trap and nothing that strengthens the nation as a whole. In fact, it’s what makes us a weaker nation.
Would this be universally true? No, if this were a true small business man struggling to make it from the above mentioned, I think it would be a plus. That would be a guy or gal who could make a difference.
The one thing that had made this nation great is not just the fact anyone could build that better mouse trap, but the competition that is created benefits everyone. Most, not all big successful business men have been effective at eliminating it and not innovating it.
A change in the rules, or really just reinstating the eliminated rules are needed to support the innovator guy because you do not create competition by merger and acquisition.
Apple is an example of a true innovator that also uses those unlikeable qualities we find on wall street and the combination is unstoppable.
Wall-Mart is an example of manipulating the market of those who make products against those who sell them. Does that make the CEO a good presidential candidate?
Reserve your judgement on success unless you know how it is achieved.