Corporations are highly goal-directed entities. They are directed towards the goal of making money. As a result, they do not tolerate dichotomous noise well. Individuals may work for corporations for their own selfish (dichotomous) reasons, but the decision whether or not to keep them is ideally based on their contribution to the central goal. The goals of government are not as well focused nor are they as easily measured as the simple goal of making money. Without the strong framework of a clear goal, dichotomous thinking runs wild. There are self serving politicians chosen by an electoral process that typically goes to the highest bidder, with the final decision made by a population that pays as much attention to dichotomous noise as to actual issues. There are lifelong career bureaucrats who’s greatest skills are accumulating praise and deflecting blame. Everywhere you look, partisanship is the law of the land. What’s the answer? A public that continually asks three things: What is the goal? Are the proposed actions consistent with achieving the goal? Is dichotomous thinking interfering with achieving the goal?