The Secret Service showed up and told me the President needs me to make a spreadsheet before his 10am. I sent it over but then he sent it back asking for a completely different format 5 minutes before the meeting started.
A country cannot be successful until it is profitable - the fall of ancient empires can be traced to frequently missing key deliverable targets on a y2y basis. Alexander the “Great” failed to meet quarterly goals on a regular basis.
"when I'm president, we will be closed on Sundays, and your future depends on market conditions! Also, we will have scratchy paper products that are mostly useless and not sold to private homes"
"And if employees refuse to follow the business plan, we simply fire them."
"But how does that translate to citizens of a nation? Will non-compliant citizens be neglected? Incarcerated? Exiled? Executed?"
"Meh, let's just go ahead and see which way this plan takes us."