Mitt Romney should be the next president

I think whole-heartedly that the country needs to be run like a business, though not exactly in the way you described it. From a larger standpoint this country is in actuality a business. Its giant corporation strung together by smaller businesses that competes in a Global Economy. Our wealth, our standard of living, and even our personal beliefs stem from the success of this giant business called the United States. Throughout all of this nations history we have had to compete with other nations (just like smaller businesses) to stay afloat. Now in the much smaller world we live in today, our economy is nearly if not entirely dependent of foreign trade. So much so that most of what Americans buy comes from another country, and most of what we make is sent to another country. The United States is simply a large corporation of an enormous global economy. Just like smaller corporations, it has certain committess assigned to oversee certain tasks. Internal Affair (our domestic policies) Foreign Affairs, Customer Service, Marketing, Public Relation (our foreign policies). In fact, the way I see it, the only difference between a corporation and the US Government is that the US government does not appoint most of its officers. Now in a large corporation, when the company starts to make a turn for the worst, the board (in this case the united states citizens and congress) would usually replace the head of the company. The United States is facing the turn for the worst right now. Our profit is heading for a major downturn. SO, what should we do??? Find a new president; someone to bring innovation, someone who can see things from a different persepctive, someone with experience and talent, and someone with the skills needed to make such a huge turnaraound. When we reach election time, we are simply looking through the candidates for the new position. Now when it comes down to hiring your new company president, would you rather pick the man who has experience running a large corportation; a man who was very successful at it and who has a strong mind for it, or would you rather hire a former doctor, who has little experience if any in running a business. Ill give you that Ron Paul is a brilliant man, but he doesnt really fit the position as it needs to be filled right now. I do not necessarily disagree with changes he wants to make. I haven't really taken the time to study all fo the facts regarding these changes, but I know enough about the consequences to understand the drastic changes that would occur. My point is that our unstable economy is in no position to undergo such serious changes. Im gunna try and put this into an analogy. Right now our country is ill. Our economy has come down with a strong virus and we need to fight it off. How do we do this? The same way you always do. You strengthen the immune system. You down more vitamins, drink lots of fluids; you give your body everything it needs to be in its best condition. In the economy's case, you pour strength into businesses. Find ways to increase production, to protect our businesses from foreign onslaught, and to create growth. Every business that succeeds makes our economy that much stronger. Eventually our ecnomy fights off the virus and we are back to our own healthy selves again. If we were to take an unstable or ill economy, however, and make drastic changes while it is still ill, we face making it worse. The kinds of changes Ron Paul wants make dont strengthen the economy. They make it more reliable, and less unpredictable. These may or may not be good changes, but they are not changes that need to be made while our country is sick. Just like you dont wanna drastically change a sick persons enviroment when they are unstable, you dont wanna change the way our economy functions when it is in no position to absorb the shock of any kind of consequential damages that may occur at first. When it comes to ethics you were talking about, I pose a question. Has the government always acted in our interests? Not always, unfortunately. The government has made decisions that most of America did not believe were right. Most americans never wanted to leave the gold standard. Most americans felt like too much foreign trade was a bad thing. Most americans felt like using so much foreign oil was too risky. The government still made decisions on what was most beficial to our economy. We moved off the gold standard so we could raise the bar on our standard of living. We started more international trade, which made us a very wealthy people. Our government has just as many ethics problems as most corporations. It comes down to a conflict of interest. Whats more important? Success and wealth, or doing the right thing. People make those decisions. Businesses make those decisions, and governments make those decisions. In that respect, this nation is, as i said earlier, a giant corporation; assessing risks and profitability, just like any other business. When a business is successful, you can often find people like Ron Paul; people with a new perspective who wants to make changes to stabilize and make the company more efficient. When a company is weak though, you need someone who can nurse it back to strength. You need someone who can help it grow and become very profitable. Someone like Mitt Romney.