The 2012 Austrian Election Interlude: The rise of Frank Stronach and more ...

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Ending the Euro? And the coming structural transfer of wealth from the North to the South? Business experience?

This guy literally sounds like the perfect candidate ever, as long as he's not like a xenophobe or something.

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Ending the Euro? And the coming structural transfer of wealth from the North to the South? Business experience?

This guy literally sounds like the perfect candidate ever, as long as he's not like a xenophobe or something.

He's not a xenophobe, he actually supports immigration of skilled workers to Austria to help the economy grow (which of course is also supported by the SPÖ, ÖVP and the Greens). The FPÖ and BZÖ people are the xenophobes.

Oh. So this guy actually is perfect then.

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So he's a bad person because he makes money? I see nothing that would actually impact his ability to govern. Just personal qualities people don't like.

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Is there a constitutional provision or something that stipulates Prime Ministers or Politicians can't have overseas income?

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Is there a constitutional provision or something that stipulates Prime Ministers or Politicians can't have overseas income?

The problem is than he probably is more often living out of Austria than in Austria.
I'm quite sure than an American who almost didn't lived in the US would have difficulties to be elected.

Possibly. It'd be something to take into account if you were voting in a primary. Because that'd be an electability concern. However, it's not a qualification concern that should guide ones decision when the party standard-bearers are already decided.

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I'm sorry but are you completely out of your mind ?

Can't you really see how much of a problem it is for someone seeking supreme office to be declaring his income in other countries, especially in a fiscal paradise like neighboring Switzerland, when he will ask his citizens to increase their fiscal effort because of "the crisis", whichever this may be ?

Can't you really see how outrageous it would be ? Would you have Romney living in Luxembourg six months a year and financing Luxembourg universities more than US ones while being US President ?

Actually, I feel am I being far more rational here. It may be an electoral liability, but it's not a liability towards ones ability to hold the office. I am being quite rational here. I want the candidate who is best for the nation and by extension best for me to win. Regardless of my personal feelings about them. If I had the option to benefit everyone, including me, on the condition that someone I didn't like benefited the most, I'd still opt for that option. In fact, if everyone thought rationally thought like this, wouldn't we all be much better off? We'd certainly put an end to stupid things like war and protectionism.