The US is run exclusively by people whose expertise is getting elected. They have no particular skill at running a country-commenter

12/7/13, "Seattle Times, Dysfunction at the top," Baseball Think Factory

A baseball blog discusses article about Seattle Mariners front office:

Commenter #35, last paragraph:

"Now consider politics, which is an even more competitive job market than high executives. The U.S. (I am familiar only with U.S. government) is run exclusively by people whose central expertise is getting elected. They have no particular skill at actually running a country. They're skilled at attaining office and staying in office."...

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12/7/13, "Dysfunction at the top: Eric Wedge, others point to trouble in Mariners’ front office," Seattle Times, Geoff Baker






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