Should the USA be run by a Dictator?

Answer 1

No! I hope you're kidding.

Answer 2

If you think we should be run by a dictator then you need to think about moving to a communist country like China. This is the home of the free and the land of the brave. Many people have sacrificed their lives so we could all be free in the USA. We are fighting for our very freedom today.

Answer 3

No, but Iraq should be run by a dictator.
Not a Saddam-type dictator, but one who will treat all factions fairly, and who is looking out for the long-term good of the people. A dictator can put the right things into motion faster that an elected parliament can.

Democracy is a good long-term goal for Iraq, but the people's lives could be improved much faster with some central decision-making.

The U.S., on the other hand, has a very robust economy, and long history of living by the rule of law and abiding by the outcomes of elections. We should continue to be a democracy.

(Note to dstr: Did you accidentally post your answer to a different question? Your comments don't seem to relate to this question.)

Answer 4

A dictator isn't bad if he works for the best interest of the people.
It would be hard in our country because our representative all the way to the top have their own agenda. Special interest group and multinational is who they are all water carries for.
Americans have really very little representations and we continue to buy into their empty promises.We keep voting party and the same people back in.

Each election it gets worse and the promise get bigger but we keep voting them back in. So I don't think a dictator in this country would make a difference.

If we got a bad hair cut more then once we would move on. Interesting don't you think?

Answer 5

It IS run by Dictators. Nine of them. The Supreme Dictators of the United States -- more commonly known as the Supreme Court of the United States.

Answer 6

why do we need a dictator? we are supposed to be able to hold our representatives in check. how can we do that if we are run by a dictator. besides our constitution will not allow it. we must have a balanced government. a dictator will try to run to the whole government and it will not be possible to do. try the country next next door.

Answer 7

No. If our freedoms were taken away by a dictator, our country's economy would fail. Soon, we would be in the same state as Russia. A country thrives when it's people have the freedom to pursue their dreams. Take that away, and their spirits wither and die.

Answer 8

think-tank economists started out by totaling the cost, $3.9 trillion, of two major tax cuts proposed by Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 and 2003. They ask what it would cost to pay for those tax cuts, either through cuts in federal services, such as college loans and job training, or through a combination of spending cuts and other tax increases.

In the first scenario, a household in the middle of the income distribution will get an annual tax cut of $652 from the Bush plan but will lose $1,520 in government services, for a net loss of $869 per year. A taxpayer in the bottom fifth of the income distribution gets $19 in tax cuts per year, while losing $1,520 in federal services, for a net loss of $1,502. Only households in the top fifth of the income distribution come out net winners, with net income gains of a whopping $3,934 per year.

Selling his tax cuts on the speaking circuit, Bush has said time and again, "It's your money," an irresistibly appealing line. That was true when Washington was running budget surpluses. But now that Americans have to pay for those tax cuts -- either by forgoing education, veterans' benefits, scientific research and other federal services, or by passing a huge federal debt to their children -- the appeal is not so irresistible.

Answer 9

Isn't it already being run by a dictator?

Answer 10

No, but I'm sure the libs would love a dictator running the country they love Castro, Hussein, etc.

Answer 11

We pretty much have a dictator now.