I just looked at the board of directors of one company (L3).
What an impressive bunch! PhDs, scientists, economists, MBAs, engineers, retired military officers........why can't these folks have a stab at leading our nation!
I have been troubled about that myself, for quite some time. Maybe because the president of any mid-sized company already makes more than the POTUS? And this corporate president may have to adrress shareholders, but he does not have to have press conferences with Helen Thomas.P>I just do not think the POTUS is a very good job any more, and we have not attracted top talent for a long time.
The really good talent is in decently-paid, low stress professions more highly respected than Politics.
Pumping septic tanks, for example.
No one wants to be President because of the salary: it’s the perqs (e.g. your own personal 747 and a fleet of helos at your disposal), the prestige, and the power. The money comes once a President leaves office. Ex-42, the impeached Bill Clinton, has earned tens of millions in speaking fees alone since leaving office in 2000.