# The government should/should not be run like a business

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-should-should-not-be-run-like-a-business/851732>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-should-should-not-be-run-like-a-business/851732 "2020-04-13T21:46:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-government-should-should-not-be-run-like-a-business/851732/41 "2020-04-18T21:28:41Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> Yeah, that’s it. One amusing thing about businessmen in government is that they are used to being "judged by hand-picked boards of directors, who support them unless they really screw up big time. Politicians have to deal with legislatures which are usually not nearly so pliable.

Some politics and debates are vicious because the stakes are so low. Woodrow Wilson said the US Congress was a snap after dealing with Princeton’s academic senate.

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