You Can't Inspire People If You Are

You`ve Got To Just Follow The Money [in Washington]. You See It. There`s No Countervailing Power.

We Can't Have Extraordinary Dynamism, Innovation, And Change In The Economy And Expect To Have Predictability And Stability In Our Personal Lives. It's Not As If There Are These Big, Giant Institutions Existing Between Us And The Economy. In Fact, These Institutions Have Become Tissue-thin. There Is No Mediation Anymore. We Are The Economy; The Economy Is Us.

If Consumers Don't Have The Wherewithal To Spend Because All The Money's Going To The Top, And The People At The Top Only Spend A Very Small Fraction Of What They Earn, Then The Economy Is Almost Inevitably Destined To Slow.

Most Americans Are On A Downward Escalator. Median Wage In The United States, Adjusted For Inflation, Keeps On Dropping.

Cynicism Is The Largest Obstacle To Social Change. Cynicism Is Dangerous Because People Throw Up Their Hands And Say, "well It's Not Possible. Why Should I Even Try?"