February 2011 brings the budget roulette to the nation's capital.  Both the People's House and the White House will offer their own budget blueprints to use as the basis of this year's federal budget legislation.  Each will delay and blur the specifics of their budgets to the very last hour, fully intending and even eager to club the other side over the deep and painful cuts that are expected to hurt real people.However, the GOP can use a secret weapon that corporate America has utilized for decades which could substantially cut the federal budget while deflecting the attacks screamed in the mainstream media.  The model is in use right now, as we have seen most S&P 500 corporations post record profits in successive quarters in the midst of the great recession.The secret is simple: corporate execs challenge managers to slash budgets by "x%" while judging them to produce the same quality of goods and...(Read Full Post)