Quote Originally Posted by kurai View Post
You can not conduct economic policy which has no social impact - this claim does not even make sense.

As an advisor, Rick Perry would contend that foreign aid should not be contingent on LGBT treatment in a given country's legal system (he has said so publicly!). This is the kind of advice he would provide to an economic end which relies on a social values basis. As for his other values, the specifics are uncertain, but they do not need to be otherwise: one instance of repugnancy ought to be enough for disqualification.
And why would a President place him in a Czar or Cabinet position to handle foreign aid? His experience is on domestic economic issues. Hell the Secretary of Labor would be a fitting position.

Quote Originally Posted by kurai View Post
Sorry, can you point to any current Czar which has been appointed towards economic oversight based purely on political credentials? They all have advanced degrees in economics or law. What would be the point of appointing Rick Perry rather than the qualified economic advisors which he personally used?
You mean such as say the Bank Bailout Czar and TARP Czar who previously had a role in the Treasury Department and graduated from college with a degree in "aeronautical engineering". I wonder what does Aeronautical engineering have to do with TARP or Bank Bailouts? Nothing, he had prior experience at the treasury and before that Goldman Sacks. The appointment, like many was purely based on political experience.

Or there is the next person who took over the role of Bank Bailout Czar and TARP czar, who held the previous position as CEO of Fannie Mae, Chairman, President, and CEO of TIAA-CREF, and various positions at Merrill Lynch.