Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā As you recall, the fable ā TheĀ Goose That Laid The Golden Eggsā was used as a metaphor to highlight the urgent and potentially catastrophic fate of Americaās Federal Budget. If government officials donāt intervene to stop the budget from being gutted, we could be hurtling toward a severe economic crisis. Itās not the greedy and senseless farmer robbing the budget. It remains a platoon of clandestine thieves operating as accounts payable personnel, lobbyists,Ā fraudsters, and complicit, wasteful executives/managers.