A friend of GC forwarded us the AICPA News Update from this morning noting the subject line:
To save you eyestrain, it reads:
Subject: Learn How to Appreciate Staff During Busy Season
Editor’s Note
During busy season, practitioners may find their lives temporarily become all work and no play. However, a number of firms are trying to offer their employees a brief respite here or there to show their appreciation for the hard work and long hours required to get to the finish line. Learn ways firms are building a sense of camaraderie and lightening the mood in this AICPA Insights blog post.
To be fair, the blog post is from Tuesday but I can imagine more than a few people read that subject as dry humor and did a double-take.
I understand the disappointment, and real danger, associated with our impasse. The question, though, is not how we tried and failed but why the Senate has not even tried. Commissions and “gangs” form when members lose confidence in the institutions in which they serve. Working groups have their place — but they should support, not replace, the open work of the full Senate. The truth is that we already have a permanent standing debt commission. It’s called Congress. [