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why would anyone in their right mind want to be president?


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2016 Oct 23, 11:53am   2,862 views  6 comments

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At this point I hope whoever wins Nov 8 has the guts and brains to address head on systemic problems like unsustainable social programs that damage the economy (sadly it requires going in details)

A tax expert at Boston University spent three months writing a 157-page election platform—an economist's wish list

Harvard-trained economist Laurence Kotlikoff, disturbed by Donald Trump’s rise and frustrated by U.S. economic policy, decided to run for president himself.

He’s among more than 1,800 Americans who have declared themselves candidates, most of whom will not even appear on ballots. They’ll have to ask voters to write them in.

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/08/08/qa-meet-the-economist-running-for-president/

then there is the problem of technology itself which is displacing workers (not just in coal miners, auto plant workers, cashiers at big box stores, etc.) this problem was highlighted in a 60 minutes segment years ago...

www.youtube.com/embed/ShC-sGTQDi0

then there are regional problems like the drought in california and the western region of the USA

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA

etc, etc, etc....

IMHO anyone who is seeking office is kinda like Don Quixote (you know the guy who attacked windmills because he saw them as a problem)

and then there are the followers of Don Quixote (who are laughed at by the other side)

one last thing to think about

Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

WASHINGTON African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis...

http://www.theonion.com/article/black-man-given-nations-worst-job-6439

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1   Dan8267   2016 Oct 23, 12:02pm  

phaster says

why would anyone in their right mind want to be president?

1. Millions of dollars of speaking fees when you leave office.
2. Tens of millions of dollars of kick backs when you leave office for favors (delayed bribes) granted during presidency.
3. Fame.
4. The pussy that comes with 1, 2, and 3.
5. The false perception of being immortalized in history. I say false because really on a cartoonification of you is immortalized.

2   phaster   2016 Oct 23, 12:10pm  

Dan8267 says

phaster says

why would anyone in their right mind want to be president?

1. Millions of dollars of speaking fees when you leave office.

2. Tens of millions of dollars of kick backs when you leave office for favors (delayed bribes) granted during presidency.

3. Fame.

4. The pussy that comes with 1, 2, and 3.

5. The false perception of being immortalized in history. I say false because really on a cartoonification of you is immortalized.

silly me, I just want "4" w/out all the stress and bullshit of political office

3   Dan8267   2016 Oct 23, 12:20pm  

phaster says

silly me, I just want "4" w/out all the stress and bullshit of political office

Then you have several options.

1. Be born damn good looking.
2. Become rich and make it obvious you are rich.
3. Become a rock star.

4   Dan8267   2016 Oct 23, 12:31pm  

4. Just let goats fuck you up the ass like Call It Crazy does.
5. Use a dildo, CIC. Just remember the #rechargableBatteriesDumbass.

5   justme   2016 Oct 23, 1:55pm  

>>why would anyone in their right mind want to be president?

What is the point of this rhetorical question? That we should not have a president? That we should not have an election? If 1800 people want to be president, who are you to question them? Are you just nother right-winger trying to get people to stay home on election day?

>>unsustainable social programs that damage the economy

You mean, tax cuts and bailouts for the rich, which damage the economy?

6   Dan8267   2016 Oct 23, 3:46pm  

justme says

That we should not have a president?

We shouldn't have a president. It's too much power for any individual. The very concept is a stupid throwback to the days of kings.

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