The wealthy don't have a very good track record of dealing with wealth, though. Their track record is that they horde it for themselves, at the expense of the common good.

And who is saying that we need to elect a poor person president (and I assume you presume the poor person is also poorly educated)? I for one would be happy with a highly intelligent middle or working class person as president, senator (let us not forget that the US Senate, and more often than not, the House as well) is a club for white male millionares.

I am not saying a wealthy white male can't make a good president. I am saying I think we need to open our government up to make it more representative of our citizenry.

Remember, our government is supposed to be REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION, not of corporations and capitalists.