When all else fails, tell the truth.
It's common knowledge that a large percentage of Wall Street brokers use astrology.
We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector.
You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.
Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up.
At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there.