This conclusion should be non-controversial to anyone other than Wall Streeters who, let us not forget, make a living denying the dangers related to their self-dealing.
And finally, though this may appear a bit self-serving, the doctor in me is shouting out not to forget an issue that has been driven to the background by the credit markets, job losses and threats overseas: health care.
The second sacred truth, service and selflessness, is just a variation on the age old Golden Rule: It is in your own self-interest to forget your self-interest.