United States Two Party System.

riley540

I think the president should be required to have some qualifications. One being military experience. I've never understood putting someone in charge of the military who has never served

rgambs

riley540 said:

I think the president should be required to have some qualifications. One being military experience. I've never understood putting someone in charge of the military who has never served

I disagree entirely. When the only tool you have in your bag is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
We already outspend the next 8 largest militaries combined, we don't need to outspend the entire planet, no thanks.

Go Beavers

The military already has a too strong of presence in the White House.

mfc2006

rgambs said:

riley540 said:

I think the president should be required to have some qualifications. One being military experience. I've never understood putting someone in charge of the military who has never served

I disagree entirely. When the only tool you have in your bag is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
We already outspend the next 8 largest militaries combined, we don't need to outspend the entire planet, no thanks.

well said.

riley540

rgambs said:

riley540 said:

I think the president should be required to have some qualifications. One being military experience. I've never understood putting someone in charge of the military who has never served

I disagree entirely. When the only tool you have in your bag is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
We already outspend the next 8 largest militaries combined, we don't need to outspend the entire planet, no thanks.

I want to clarify my stance. I believe we should cut the military in half and agree that we over spend entirely on it. But it is a part of the job. And I like people to have experience for the job. Same reason I feel like the candidate should have economic and healthcare knowledge/experience. Not defending the military spending we do

rgambs

riley540 said:

rgambs said:

riley540 said:

I think the president should be required to have some qualifications. One being military experience. I've never understood putting someone in charge of the military who has never served

I disagree entirely. When the only tool you have in your bag is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
We already outspend the next 8 largest militaries combined, we don't need to outspend the entire planet, no thanks.

I want to clarify my stance. I believe we should cut the military in half and agree that we over spend entirely on it. But it is a part of the job. And I like people to have experience for the job. Same reason I feel like the candidate should have economic and healthcare knowledge/experience. Not defending the military spending we do

That's the problem though, it's such a big job there is no chance a candidate can have all the experience necessary. There's a reason most are lawyers, it's because understanding the law is huge.
A POTUS needs to be a leader who is surrounded by trusted experts.

HughFreakingDillon

joseph33 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Your current President ran as himself with no political experience and won.

He also stated in an interview back in 1998,that if he did decide to ever run for the oval office,he would run as a republican. Because they would be stupid enough to vote for him. Look it up.

that's actually a fake quote that I also believed until I did more research.

HughFreakingDillon

unsung said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Your current President ran as himself with no political experience and won.

People say that as if it is a bad thing.

it wouldn't be a bad thing.

if it was anyone else.

brianlux

riley540 said:

I think the president should be required to have some qualifications. One being military experience. I've never understood putting someone in charge of the military who has never served

Would you count experience with Peace Corps as an alternative?

"Instead of marching down the street with, ah, you know, M-16s and like that we might ah, march down the streets with electric guitars, yeah." -Jimi Hendrix

rssesq

we desperately need a party that exists in most European democracies but doesn't here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_democracy#Political_viewpoints

Go Beavers

rssesq said:

we desperately need a party that exists in most European democracies but doesn't here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_democracy#Political_viewpoints

Seems like a small number of people in the US, but would probably fall into what's called 'middle of the road'.

rgambs

rssesq said:

we desperately need a party that exists in most European democracies but doesn't here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_democracy#Political_viewpoints

Yeah, no thanks. Theocracy is a cesspool.

Godfather.

unsung said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Your current President ran as himself with no political experience and won.

People say that as if it is a bad thing.

it's a new direction in politics'.... the old way of running the countries population and financial responsibilities is on the way out.
people my complain about spending cuts but the way things have been ran for so long has brought us into a near financial ruin
so President Trump's plan to bring us back around is a good thing.

Go Beavers

Godfather. said:

unsung said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Your current President ran as himself with no political experience and won.

People say that as if it is a bad thing.

it's a new direction in politics'.... the old way of running the countries population and financial responsibilities is on the way out.
people my complain about spending cuts but the way things have been ran for so long has brought us into a near financial ruin
so President Trump's plan to bring us back around is a good thing.

Deficit spending is now a good thing?

HughFreakingDillon

Godfather. said:

unsung said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Your current President ran as himself with no political experience and won.

People say that as if it is a bad thing.

it's a new direction in politics'.... the old way of running the countries population and financial responsibilities is on the way out.
people my complain about spending cuts but the way things have been ran for so long has brought us into a near financial ruin
so President Trump's plan to bring us back around is a good thing.

he's cutting social and environmental programs to exponentially increase spending in the military. he's not bringing anything back around. he just knows that americans are so fearful that they'll look the other way spending-wise as long as it's for the military.

HesCalledDyer

joseph33 said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Your current President ran as himself with no political experience and won.

He also stated in an interview back in 1998,that if he did decide to ever run for the oval office,he would run as a republican. Because they would be stupid enough to vote for him. Look it up.

That actually never happened. Unfortunately.