Does it matter?
2006-06-05 13:44:44 · 12 answers · asked by Meesh 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I'd rather have a poor President who was wise that a rich but dumb one.
2006-06-05 13:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by Bullwinkle Moose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the president were rich, he or she may become too out-of-touch with the average citizen. But that doesn't mean a rich president couldn't be a good president or that poverty should be a requirement to hold the position.
2006-06-05 13:49:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO official should be rich, a lawyer, or after public service be allowed to lobby the Gov. for any person other than themselves. The rich do not represent the general public( 80% of the public is NOT rich), a lawyer in the Gov. is a conflict of interest; he would be representing the laws he help make, and lobbiers from former Gov. servants is also a conflict of interest!
2006-06-05 15:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way America is set up the president has to be rich.
2006-06-05 13:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! because rich people seem to loose their compassion for their fellow man along the way.I can't understand why the president gets paid so much.Especially this president that is absent more than he's there.lol even when he is there he is still absent!
2006-06-05 14:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by Jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it should not matter.But it has been a long time since they were not rich.
It takes money to get elected. Bush did not use any of his but Kerry & Edwards used large sums of their own money at the end of campaign.
2006-06-05 13:50:21 · answer #6 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!!!
The rich are as a group genetically superior and have the means to improve themselves through schooling and diverse experiences.
2006-06-05 13:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by Political Scientist BG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He should only be rich with brains and enrich America
2006-06-05 14:11:04 · answer #8 · answered by ₦âħí»€G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I like to see a middle class or minority be elected for a change.
2006-06-05 13:48:48 · answer #9 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ideally no, but realistically yes..... they need money to have a viable chance of winning....
2006-06-05 13:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋