Leaders Without Credentials

The next time you enter the voting booth, consider this idea for a moment. Should your candidate actually possess any of the skills and experience that the job might require? After all, this is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, isn’t it? Aren’t we the the employers? Aren’t these politicians’ government employees who report to us, their employer? When any of us apply for a job, we must normally provide a resume and to be considered for the job we are applying, don’t employers expect us to have proper skills and experience for the job? Why then do voters ignore this requirement for the most important positions we have to offer? Let us explore that notion for a moment.

Let us try to imagine that we have brought into our interviewing room the top business executives in the nation from our largest corporations to help us interview Barrack Obama who is applying for the job of President. The interview might go like this.

Recruiter: Good morning Mr. Obama. Thank you for coming. We appreciate your interest in our government and the position we have open as President. I see you have brought your resume with you. Let’s start by going over it and see how it compares with the responsibilities of our job. It says here you were a Community Organizer. There are millions of employees and thousands of managers and executives that you will be required to manage and direct. How many managers have you previously managed?

Obama: Uh, hmmm, none actually directly managed.

Recruiter: We have millions of soldiers and officers whose lives you are directly responsible for in the field and in battle. What is your military experience, where have you served, and what officer experience do you have?

Obama: Well, actually none really. But I’ve played some computer games.

Recruiter: The safety of our nation depends on our President’s good judgment and expertise in negotiating foreign policy with foreign leaders, including many who would like to see our country destroyed. What actual experience do you have in dealing with these foreign leaders?

Obama: That is an excellent question and certainly one that should be considered carefully. I know I would do an excellent job.

Recruiter: You will be required to manage a budget of hundreds of billions of dollars and billions more in assets. What is your financial management experience?

Obama: I haven’t actually managed a budget, but how hard can it be? Bush did it, and besides I’ll just ask some other guys to do it. I’ve got some friends in Chicago who say they know how to do it.

Recruiter: Mr. Obama, the economy is in dire straits. We need someone who can get business going again and start hiring all the people that are being laid off. What will you do to fix that?

Obama: I truly believe that the fault is with business because they are doing such a poor job. We don’t need them; we just need to get government to spend more so that local governments can put people to work. We should tax business more, tax all those rich folks, and give the money to the poor who have been cast out of their jobs because business took all their profits.

The interview would go on this way, but you get the idea. What is going on in the minds of Americans who cannot see how ridiculous it is to elect people into positions like the President, Governor, or Congressman, who have no skills or experience to make valid judgments in that position? Is it any wonder that they have run up trillions of dollars in debt, want to tax more, want to take over more, and want to run the country into the ground? Is this their fault or ours for hiring them? The problem lies squarely with the employer and that is the American Voter.