Leadership & the Super Committee
Posted on November 22nd, 2011 by admin in Leadership, Politics
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
It’s been a while since I’ve weighed-in on the political front, and with the recent failure of the Budget Super Committee, I thought it would be an interesting time to examine the difference between statesman and politician. I don’t know about you, but I’m so fed-up with the rhetoric and the gamesmanship in Washington that I’m about ready to give-up on all politicians. Our country was founded by great statesmen, and somewhere along the way we turned our nation over to a bunch of self-serving politicians. While the term political leadership may have become an oxymoron, it is simply impossible to be a statesman and not be a leader…
Do you know who Brian Deese is? I didn’t have a clue until Monday when I read a very disconcerting New York Times article entitled: “
Today’s announcement by President Obama that he will reduce federal spending by $100 million dollars is nothing short of laughable. This move insults the intelligence of all Americans, and is nothing more than a pathetic attempt at pandering and political posturing. In today’s post I’m going to begin by giving you some simple math to consider, while I offer a historical perspective on why both Obama’s strategy and tactics are fundamentally flawed and doomed to fail…
In today’s post I’ll give President Obama a break on his domestic policy, but I cannot give him a free pass on his foreign policy agenda (or lack thereof). I can’t recall a President in modern times who has exhibited more foreign policy naivete than Barack Obama. He has the uncanny ability to make the wrong move, at the wrong time, and in the wrong place. His apologetic statements at the G20, allowing North Korea to launch a long range missile, continuously falling prey to the lulling tactics of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bowing to the Saudi King, and giving Hugo Chavez a propagandist photo opportunity are nothing compared to his decision to release 
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Do today’s inaugural events resemble change or more of the same? Call me crazy, but while I wish President Obama all the best, I cannot for the life of me understand $175 million dollars being spent on his inauguration during this time of financial crisis. This is not change, but it is just more of the same on steroids…On election day I vowed to lend my support to the new administration for as long as it was earned. I stated that we all must now hope for great things from our new President, but we must also hold him accountable to uphold the standards of the office he holds and the country he represents. Not to be a party-pooper, but it’s time for my first accountability call…
Good money after bad…this is perhaps the most apropos description of the current proposal to bailout the big three US auto makers. Have we learned nothing? Are we again going to let fear mongering subject us to more flawed decisioning? The lack of management and accountability for the trillion dollar government bailout of the mortgage and finance industry has been nothing short of amazing to me. Do you sincerely believe the appointment of an “auto czar” and the submission of business plans is going to make a difference? I don’t; it’s simply more political gamesmanship, more of the same, and will result in nothing more than throwing good money after bad. In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on the auto bailout…