Our middle class majority, deeply in personal debt, elects political leaders who increase our benefits. Then we vote them out because we dislike the soaring national debt.

Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.

Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.

Government intervention is not solving the problems, and in fact the governments around the world that are intervening the most in their economies are struggling more.

If Americans are frustrated with Congress, imagine their frustration with a group of international bank officials running our ecomomy-bankers who may not have as their motive either to see us out of debt to them or to strengthen our economy, society, international influence, or other elements of our way of life.

Real value means people value-and creating value really means helping people choose better lives.

Small business people have gotten us out of nearly all modern recessions - not by waiting for others to fix things or turning to government, but rather by applying leadership, inventiveness, creativity and originality.