if i just want to do good for my country and good for mankind but i had no big oil companys can i still get in to politics. if not the would you say that you would have to buy your self in to goverment. so whats so democratic about that.
2006-11-26 18:14:46 · 19 answers · asked by rocco s 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The first requirement for becoming president of the USA is you must have been born in the USA.
From my perspective here in UK, I think getting to be president is extremely difficult, even for a very rich person. However, you do not have to actually be that rich because a lot of the money is put up by supporters and businesses and private individuals by way of donations.
There have been one or two not very rich men who got to be president of the USA. I'm thinking in particular of Abraham Lincoln. Much of the money which helped get him elected came from Welsh support in the State of New York and from Wales. Abe was a small town lawyer but eventually got elected mainly on the anti-slave ticket and was backed by the powerful anti slave or abolitionist movement.
Where to start? You could try local politics and then move up from there - its a long haul but worth all the effort.
As for the 'democracy' angle, I think it best for the most part to ignore this word. It has no real meaning in modern government, which is in effect more of an elected dictatorship.
One thing you do need in politics is a skin as thick as a rhinoceros. Just about everyone is going to be sniping at you once your in public office.
Good luck and please study political science.
2006-11-26 19:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you are saying that most presidents have been wealthy, it seems like it is true. BUT You could still become president. If you start now working on political campaigns, as a fund raiser or volunteer, you will meet people who can advance your career. Take political science in school along with LAW and business courses and keep being involved with politics. If you help get someone elected, then you may go along with them when they go for higher political office.
You yourself might try to become an elected official at the local level, then state then national. Go for it.
2006-11-26 18:28:42 · answer #2 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to do hardwork.Money does not grow on a tree.Many rich persons started from empty hands.Your father is poor is not a reason for you also to be poor.You work hard,you do some business and slowly you will become rich.Remember your son will have to say" my father is rich,so I am rich".If Abraham Lincoln can become president of USA from small beginning ,you can also become rich.Be positive.Godwill be with you.If you cry,no bdy will cry or comw with you.If you laugh otheres will join you.That is this world.USA is a free and great society where hard working individuals,sky is the limit.
2006-11-26 20:31:23 · answer #3 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, why not? If you hate the USA, its troops, all that is decent, want to turn the USA into a communist society, wish to abolish private property, and hate the Constitution you just might end up speaker of the house. From there who knows?
As far as 'whats so democratic about that', i offer a few quotes:
1. "Democracy is the road to socialism"
-Karl Marx
2. "Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen"
-Vladimir Lenin
I dont know about you, but I DO NOT live in a democracy and am intelligent enough to see beyond the communist propaganda that is the media who states otherwise. My beloved Constitution sees that I live in a Constitutional Republic.
2006-11-26 19:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are out of luck. Most USA presidents are from rich families.It is not quite as democratic as they say it is. It costs a lot of money just to go to the Universities required to be accepted in the upper echelons of politics. You can run for some small local political office, but probably not for president, unless you have the appropriate financial background.
2006-11-26 18:19:37 · answer #5 · answered by Marti M 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
this is obtainable, whether it won't ensue in one day. In small cities, instructors now and returned become in contact in politics. whether this is as much as that individual to bypass themself up the chain, and in some unspecified time interior the destiny that they had would desire to provide up the coaching interest to concentration on politics finished time. Then they'd get each and all the chums and money that the human beings right here have listed. i don't think of a brilliant style of known human beings could make a competent president, to be honest, because of the fact we don't understand the indoors workings of the government which could in basic terms be obtained with the aid of years of not undemanding artwork in politics. yet now and returned i think of i could be keen to probability it!!!!
2016-10-13 04:44:06 · answer #6 · answered by tonini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
That is a nice thought, but it will never happen.
You see, you do have to be a part of these secret societies and want to create the NWO, One World Government and have Total World Domination.
If these are your asperations, then you too can before the President of these United States.
For headstart, here are the names of the secret societies you will have to become a part of or who would even want you in their societies:
1. Illuminati
2. Freemasons
3. Bildeburgs
4. Skull and Bones
5. Council on Foreign Relations
6. Trilateral Commission
7. Luciferians
8. Bohemian Grove/Club
Sure, you may think this is all crazy.
Really, do you really think so. Our government is so crafty, they will show us things right in front of us, IN PLANE SITE, that they believe our eyes will be deceived.
No, you do not want to be the next president of the U.S.
Here are some videos on what they do and how they operate:
Hope this helps you......................................................... :-O
2006-11-26 19:49:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can go to university but if your family is not rich or connected then you will not get in to the frats or the secret boys clubs. that's where it all starts. so if your dad is poor then you will have no chance.but if you lived in some parts of the world you may have a chance because there is still a few country's out there which still have a proper democracy but if you favour your people more than you favour the USA then you might get assassinated by the CIA.
2006-11-26 18:36:20 · answer #8 · answered by fraz.s.u.s.s 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, you can still get into politics. The likihood of becoming president is very low, but getting into politics does not generally require money, if you start from the rock bottom.
2006-11-26 18:24:35 · answer #9 · answered by Kate 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I understand that you can do anything your heart desires in America, the land of the free and the home of the brave.
You have to be a millionaire and well connected to do it though. Otherwise you dont have an opinion that anybody will listen to.
2006-11-27 00:49:46 · answer #10 · answered by Jim G 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋