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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: RaplhCramden 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Buffett’s view on current account deficits
Date: 04/14/25 5:59 PM
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Though perhaps a European saying of more recent vintage is more appropriate: we all know what to do, we just don't know how to get re-elected afterwards.
Not enough elected representatives around the world remember that it's their job to actually govern, not to run for election.


How have the European politicians solved the problem of being able to get elected in order to implement policies that may make them unelectable? Are they just (even) better at lying about what they plan to do than are American politicians?

Looked at this way, it could be that our current president's fatal flaw is that he is actually doing so much of what he campaigned on.

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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
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