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How Do YOU Measure Success "" and how does Washington Measure It?

By Bill Burkett (Page 3 of 3 pages) Become a premium member to see this article and all articles as one long page. 2 comments

It is unacceptable to think that we can float debt into perpetuity, especially when we are borrowing from our own competitors, without also believing that we are really just selling the store, the country, one import at a time, one Euro at a time, one off market I-Pod at a time.

If I could speak just one line to our fellow citizens in Iowa right now, I would say only this: Vote on the basis not of hope or despair, fear or notoriety. Go to those caucuses and vote for the person that you believe will get this nation back to reality again, your reality, not their's.

And demand that they answer the basic question of how they will measure success.

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