Potential Presidential Candidate Has No College Degree But Wants To Complete One.

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Potential presidential candidate Scott Walker has no college degree but does want to complete one he started decades ago.

http://www.spooneradvocate.com/news...cle_f8da2898-924d-11e4-9193-bb50f8280a89.html

Brings up several questions

1) Many federal administrative jobs in particular require a 4 year degree-shouldn't the president?

2) Does it matter that a person completed a degree in 4 years vs part time over time?

3) Would Walker actually completing his degree an adult be incentive/a good example for adults needing or contemplating more education?.

4) Which is more valuable college/classroom vs actual experience and/or ability?

Brings up all the college arguments for or against including experience vs education, real world vs classroom, well rounded in traditional subjects vs current culture. Last president without a degree was Harry Truman.
 

Oh... that should be quite the attraction to the anti-elitist crowd who detest education and degrees.... All our leaders should be as dumb as they are.
 
How did Harry S Truman do as president?

A good leader doesn't need to be a genius or even have a high level of education.
He/she needs to be of above average intelligence academically with wisdom born of experience in dealing with people at every stratum of society.
A president needs good advisors and the ability to recognise which ones he/she most needs for the particular challenge at hand at any time.

They need to be self educators and quick studies and above all, they need moral courage to make and own their own decisions.


One of our outstanding leaders left school at 15 yet worked his way to the top job (Paul Keating).
Another was a former train driver (Ben Chifley) who became Prime Minister in 1946. His legacy is highly regarded.

That said, I know naught about Gov Walker but I wouldn't focus too much on his incomplete university studies.
Look closely at the man and his qualities, intellectual and moral, and see what he has already achieved as a leader.
 

Truman was the guy who had the balls to finish off the Japanese in WW2. It saved millions of allied and Japanese lives. I think he did very well as a President.
 
Dame Warrigal said:
How did Harry S Truman do as president?

A good leader doesn't need to be a genius or even have a high level of education.
He/she needs to be of above average intelligence academically with wisdom born of experience in dealing with people at every stratum of society.
A president needs good advisors and the ability to recognise which ones he/she most needs for the particular challenge at hand at any time.

They need to be self educators and quick studies and above all, they need moral courage to make and own their own decisions.


One of our outstanding leaders left school at 15 yet worked his way to the top job (Paul Keating).
Another was a former train driver (Ben Chifley) who became Prime Minister in 1946. His legacy is highly regarded.

That said, I know naught about Gov Walker but I wouldn't focus too much on his incomplete university studies.
Look closely at the man and his qualities, intellectual and moral, and see what he has already achieved as a leader.
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I think you nailed it with 'self educators' and 'quick studies'-for most jobs actually. Learning does not stop with a degree but that's what many wrongfully assume wether it be a job applicant or employer.
 
Some of our best cabinet ministers have been women who could be described as "girlie swots". Invariably they were public school educated, often the first in their family to receive a university education. Very quickly they were on top of their portfolio responsibilities and went on to push through very difficult reforms.
 
Dame Warrigal said:
Please justify (for the sake of the furriner)
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The bad news keeps coming for Governor Scott Walker (R-WI), who ran as a conservative who was going to save the state and create 250,000 jobs. Instead, he’s thrown the state into what’s looking now like a long term economic contraction.In the latest numbers from the Philadelphia Fed, which is a monthly state-by-state index of leading economic growth indicators, Wisconsin ranks 49th in the nation.Out of the 50 states, only five are in contraction. Alaska, Louisiana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming are all projected to decrease growth, with Wisconsin second to last with an index of -.74%. These numbers shouldn’t be a huge shock, as Republican governors are associated with lower rates of growth, while state spending has a positive impact on growth.

And then there’s the other data. In March of this year, Wisconsin plunged to 44th in private sector job growth. Also, Wisconsin came in as the fifth worst in terms of the erosion in private-sector wages.
Forbes named Wisconsin one of the “worst states” for business in December of 2012. Wisconsin is 44th for overall economic performance and 39th for business climate.
In May of 2013, the Chamber of Commerce rewarded 2016 hopeful Scott Walker for making Wisconsin last in job growth,noting that he made Wisconsin an “enterprising state”. FYI, an enterprising state is one that embracing right wing ideology, based on the premise that tax cuts will lead to growth, jobs, and general greatness.
However, the Chamber’s own study placed Wisconsin dead last for short term job growth from September 2010 and November 2012

Nobody does failure better than Scott Walker. Having narrowly escaped a criminal investigation that took down his closest advisers and tainted his current and former administrations and squeaking through a historic recall election, Walker has a lot to prove. So far, it’s not happening.Walker better hope for a miracle if he thinks he’s running for President in 2016, especially with his shady past and consistent brushes with the law. But there’s one thing Scott Walker truly excels at, and that’s being less than honest about his record. His infamous attempts to spin his job numbers into something less horrific are only an admission that his ideology can’t compete with other states.



http://www.politicususa.com/2013/06/06/economy-killer-scott-walker-takes-wisconsin-49th-country.html

Just the guy with the policies to run the entire country..... lol!!
 
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