What Makes A President?

       Just how much of an advantage is being a successful business person when it comes to leading America? If a candidate for President has shown to be a very successful corporate leader, it means they know how to make decisions under pressure, that's for sure. A corporate leader looks at financial reports and may decide it's necessary to cut the workforce by 10%, or eliminate company funded healthcare or pensions or lower wages or any combination of the above.
       That's what a corporate leader must do, because profitability is what business is all about. Everything a company does is geared to the bottom line. It has to be. What happens to the effected employees may weigh heavily on the CEO, but business is business is business.
       On the other hand being President of a country, America, requires that he or she must be more concerned with the well being of the citizens than anything else. At least that's the way it's supposed to work. Of course if the country is in a sound financial position, it's easier to take care of all the citizens than if it's deeply in debt, but regardless, the responsibility remains with the President toward all the citizens.
       Ya see? That's why I can't understand fiscal conservatives. The need to eliminate debt, while important and good, does not trump the need to care for all the citizens. There is that suggestion that balancing the books will then allow America to better serve it's citizens, that's true. What I can't wrap my head around is the question of what to do for citizens in crisis in the meantime? Do we just throw them away? A corporation doesn't have to worry about folks who lose their jobs and income. That's society's problem. But the country, ah the country, that is society. Those folks are the responsibility of the government, the country.
       The whole idea of a country like America is the idea of taking care to protect each member of it's society, it's population. Protect them from enemies, crime, and loss of opportunity to survive. If you eliminate or reduce supportive systems like food stamps or medical care in order to repair our financial house, you defeat the whole purpose of existing as a country. It's not easy, but we need someone who understands the needs of the people and is willing to fight to protect them.