Presidential Cabinets

The percentage of each recent president's cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. Of course, the private sector is where wealth creation occurs. The last entry explains the current lack of economic vision and understanding.

• T. Roosevelt  38%
• Taft  40%
• Wilson  52%
• Harding  49%
• Coolidge  48%
• Hoover  42%
• F. D. Roosevelt  50%
• Truman  50%
• Eisenhower  57%
• Kennedy  30%
• Johnson  47%
• Nixon  53%
• Ford  42%
• Carter  32%
• Reagan  56%
• G.H.W. Bush  51%
• Clinton  55%
• G.W. Bush  55%
• Obama  8%