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Ask HN: Could U.S., work without a president for the next 4 years?

1 pointthomasdd9 comments

I live in Europe. I don't care much about U.S. But also I think, that the current US president election, takes about 10 years now! Really! How long does all this voting-voting-voting-voting-voting-voting-voting-voting-voting media campaign last? I think, is sick!

Isn’t the country like US or any other country, about the people who live there? The same people who go to work each day? The people that pay taxes and create values, and have no return in the local environment for that tax…

Do U.S. citizens really have to spend years of they live, just by looking on president candidates?

After watching the debate yesterday, after all this time you have to absorb the ever-lasting media presentations for the last months. Is this really about Voting-BAD <vs> Voting-BAD? Is this all voting opportunity that a country like U.S. can provide to the people? Hmmmm. After all this, it’s really just Coca-Cola VS PEPSI??? That sad!

P.S.: Who are the people who do organize those TV debates? Could those people run US for the next 4 years? As an experiment. I think they pay a role in all that execution and official stuff, the protocols, the representation of human and ethical barriers.

Let me know if I feel wrong about all this. Or anything else!

Thanks, t.d.

The US can't work without a President because that position serves important functions as a tie-breaker, diplomat, and leader of the Executive Branch of our government. If you removed the President, no one would agree on who would get to take over those responsibilities.

> have no return in the local environment for that tax

We have enormous amounts of return on our taxes. We don't have to be afraid of getting sick and dying on the street because we have bad luck or lose our jobs. We have roads and bridges and free schools for any child.

> Is this all voting opportunity that a country like U.S. can provide to the people?

Most Americans actively like and support one candidate or the other. They don't see it as a choice between two bad candidates.

There are also literally tens of thousands of other officials being elected at the same time. When we vote for the President, we're also voting for city and state officials, as well as Congress (which is much more powerful than the US).

> Could those people run US for the next 4 years?

The President doesn't run the US. They are the head of a large organization with thousands of people in it, and even that organization doesn't run the US. They have specific roles, and they share the task of running the US with hundreds of thousands of other people, including hundreds of members of Congress.

The President has a lot of control over foreign policy and a few other areas, but you shouldn't think of the President as being like the CEO of a company.

ok, I could write that without, mentioning tax. Appreciate the feedback.

As part of the executive branch there is also the military. In times of war it's congresses job to declares war but the president commands the military because congress would operate to slowly.

Mylitary could be based on A.I.! :)

That is either a joke or the worst, most terrifying suggestion I have ever read.

How can anyone complain about the most entertaining Presidential campaign season ever? Last night was quality entertainment.

that solves my question. The exact point of view I must follow to this topic :P thank you sir. Anywone with karma 20+, please delete my post :)

please YC, delete if its no-sense :) thx

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