<p>I want to be President of USA but whats the best way to get there? What major would be best for this job?</p>
<p>i guess you would have to follow Clinton's example ( im assuming that your dad is not a US senator/ oil tycoon)... study law</p>
<p>i guess studying law would help since US presidents have to know alot of law</p>
<p>If you don't have a famous bloodline (look:Bush, Kennedy) or have boatloads of money. You better start getting your name out there now however you can. Noone is going to vote for someone they don't recognize at least the name. Also you will have to compromise some of your views in order to reach the views of whatever party you plan to run under (GOP or Democrat) Many Dems have done this when it comes to murdering babies. Clinton, Gore, Kucinich all used to be pro life, but when it came time to run for office, they changed their stance and said it was alright to murder babies. It might suck having to switch your some of your core beliefs to get elected office, but until the two party system is overthrown (good luck) this is just how it is for the foreseeable future. The 2008 election will be interesting though.</p>
<p>"Many Dems have done this when it comes to murdering babies."</p>
<p>How unbiased of you :rolleyes:.</p>
<p>You forgot to note that one prominent Republican (cough, Bush, cough) had supported the removal of feeding tubes from patients in a PVS before flip-flopping in order to please his (even more) Bible-thumping supporters.</p>
<p>US President is a job, not a career. at max you'd spent 8 years doing it. so find a backup job first that's really your primary job... and hopefully that job can help land you into a presidential nomination. but again, you can be a career politician, but you can't be a career president (unless you rule as a dictator, of course)</p>
<p>i heard that president or senators aren't highly paid for the amount of work that they do the stress level seem very high? would this be a good career financially?</p>
<p>The overwhelming majority of Senators are multimillionaires beforehand so the amount of compensation they get is usually irrelevant. Besides, ask any congressional aide and they will tell who does the real work :)</p>
<p>salaries by year</p>
<p>president: $400,000
vice president: $202,900
senator/rep: $158,000</p>
<p>being the most powerful man (or woman?) in the world: priceless</p>
<p>source: <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875856.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875856.html</a></p>
<p>"i heard that president or senators aren't highly paid for the amount of work that they do the stress level seem very high? "</p>
<p>Stress level? Christ, they're never in Washington half the time, and most senators have admitted to not even reading lots of bills that pass through.</p>
<p>its definitely a possible ambition. SOMEBODY needs to have a dream. (i want to be a Forbes 500 CEO). actually instead of aiming straight for president, find out what it takes to be governor, or any other good stepping stone to becoming president.</p>
<p>i heard u can be governor at age 18 in most states but and i'm turning 18 soon... is this unreachable?</p>
<p>you can run. i remember when gray davis got recalled in california, there were a couple college students who ran for governor (among the hundreds of candidates) but arnold terminated all of them ;)</p>
<p>Start practicing your lying and swindling.</p>
<p>make sure youre white too</p>
<p>You won't get elected to be a governor right now. I bet the odds are about a billion to one.</p>
<p>i think the OP is being sarcastic, even though his first post was completely sensible. if you honestly think you can be elected governor at age 18, you probably shouldnt (and wont) be president.</p>
<p>I want to work in politics, and I tell people that those are more goals than jobs. </p>
<p>Its not so much that high public officials don't get paid much as they could be getting paid 5, 10, 20X what they make as public officials. That's why its called public service.</p>
<p>yeah thats why tom ridge is giving up his post, to pay for his sons college. i think his son is an '09er, in fact.</p>
<p>As soon as public officials leave their jobs, they have insanely well-paid jobs in the private sector doing "consulting" work, essentially using their contacts and experience to get their companies lucrative contracts with the government.</p>