Nobody is saying that the Gov't can or should be run like a business completely. That is an exaggeration.
No because outside of the party, there is the real world where not everything is based on or revolves around government. I'm sick of hearing how government experience is a plus. Run the government and the country like a successful business and we'll do fine. Forget the leftwing talking points and just balance the budget and cut taxes even if it means cutting a few services.
BTW, if I didn't know how to run a business, I wouldn't be able to wright right now, once I'm on a cafe, write on phones sucks and iPads are really expensive here.
And, once I am a nice and altruist person and once the girl went to the ladie's room, I'll give you folks some tips on business management which are pretty basic on contemporary administration.
First, no one run a business based on budget primarily, unless you're going bad and the economic environment is working against you at the same time. Even then, you gotta prepare the B plan soon, since such a strategy doesn't work for long.
Public servants on the administrative area knows about this things very well, It's called Strategic Management. And, sure, some aspects can be shared by both sectors, which are usually done. One of the most successful and studied cases is, indeed, their application on the American public service during Clinton administration. Who, BTW, is a lawyer by profession. And succeeded an entrepreneur with a loooong business family tradition...
Anyway, we've already got our share of businessman on charge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Collor_de_Mello, here, and I really don't want anything similar to that crap again.