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11/13/12

Dean's Essay #2


Mixing Business with Politics: A Step toward Fiscal Responsibility
Zachary T. Vaughn


            Some say we cannot mix business with pleasure. But who’s to say that the United States cannot mix business with politics? According to The Christian Science Monitor, business experience is not necessary to run for a seat in the U.S. Congress (Zimmerman). Moreover, The Christian Science Monitor explains that the most notable and well-recognized Presidents – like Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan – did not have any prior business experience. On the flip side, Mitt Romney is currently speaking out against such ideology. He agrees that future Presidents should have prior business experience in hopes that they understand that “the policies [being put] into place have to encourage small business [and] make it easier for businesses to grow” (Ungar). Overall, business then is not business now; however, many politicians refuse to intertwine business experience with government policy.
Is it completely erroneous to think of the United States as being a tremendously large business in addition to being one of the world’s leading nations? Absolutely not: the U.S. is a big business operating in an even bigger world economy. Therefore, Romney was right in stating that future presidents should have prior business experience. In 2012, business education and business experience are necessary to run for a seat in the U.S. Congress. Business politicians – not career politicians – will better understand the country’s finances and take fiscal responsibility for the American taxpayers’ dollars.
            With a national debt of $16 trillion, the average American would expect the U.S. government to be smart with its money; however, this does not seem to be the case. According to Waste Book 2012, the U.S. Senate exposed $18 billion in egregious government spending, “including millions on Moroccan pottery classes and hundreds of thousands on a musical about climate change” (Judicial Watch). Unlike politics, business involves risk and reward. Career politicians continue to spend money frivolously, while businessmen and women unfortunately do not have the “luxury” of throwing money at a wall and hoping that it sticks. Moreover, politicians cannot reverse the United States’ current financial crisis without a clear understanding of how to turn $1 into $2. Mixing business with politics encourages future politicians to eliminate egregious government spending as well as take fiscal responsibility for American taxpayers’ dollars. Overall, business experience educates human beings on the importance of fiscal responsibility, both in business and in politics.


Works Cited

"Senate Audit Exposes $18 Billion in Egregious Govt. Spending." Judicial Watch. Judicial

Ungar, Rick. "Romney Pitches Three Year Business Requirement To Qualify For The
Presidency - Say Bye Bye To Honest Abe." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 30 May 2012. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/30/romney-pitches-three-year-business-requirement-to-qualify-for-the-presidency-say-bye-bye-to-honest-abe/>.

Zimmerman, Jonathan. "Not True, Mitt Romney: History Shows Business Experience
Doesn't Make a Good President." The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 06 Sept. 2012. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0906/Not-true-Mitt-Romney-History-shows-business-experience-doesn-t-make-a-good-president>.


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Enjoy the following video of a perfect collaboration!

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