The Federal Budget Deficit Isn't The Nation's

We Are Born, We Grow Up, We Live Our Lives As Best We Can. If We Are Thoughtful We Are Good Parents And Good Partners. If We Are Wise We Strive For Integrity And Intimacy. If We Are Fortunate We Discover Love And Joy. If We Are Able, We Make The World A Little Better Than We Found It.

One Of The Things I Tell My Students Is That If You Want To Understand What's Been Going On And Also What Needs To Be Done, You've Got To Get Out Of The Blame Game. Some People On The Left Want To Blame The Rich And Corporations. Some People On The Right Want To Blame The Poor And Government. Either Of Those Frames Of Reference Gets You Nowhere And They Aren't Even Truthful. You've Got To Understand The Dynamic Itself.

There Are Party Leaders, Big Corporation, Wall Street. There Are Very Wealthy Individuals Who Kind Of Represent Where The Democratic Party, The Official Democratic Party Was And To Some Extent Still Is.

Those Who Analogize The Federal Budget To A Family's Budget Must Know Nothing About Either.

As A Top Manager, You Have To Not Just Reward Truth-telling, You've Got To Beg For It, And You've Got To Demand That Everyone Around You Gives You Constructive Criticism, Constantly. You've Got To Get Out Of The Bubble, So That You Can Get Direct Feedback From Everybody Who's Being Affected.