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A Lot Of Attention Has Been Going To Social Values - Abortion, Gay Rights, Other Divisive Issues - But Economic Values Are Equally Important.

We Reform The System. We Save Capitalism From Its Own Excesses.

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.

I'm Quite Optimistic When It Comes To The Capacity Of Our People To Have An Honest Discussion About What's Really Going On. What Do You Think John Mccain's Candidacy Was About? And The Early Days Of Bill Bradley's Candidacy? People Are Hungry For A Genuine, No-spin Set Of Ideas And Truths. They Want Their Leaders To Tell It Like It Is. There Is A Great Demand For This. Politicians Continually Underestimate The Ability Of The American Public To Understand What's Happening To Them And What The Real Choices Are.