Next up: the hills and hollows
Probably on the curriculum of politician school: never admit that the other team has good ideas, until you’ve had a chance to add those ideas to your playlist. And then, never admit that the ideas came from anywhere other than your own bottomless well of common sense.
Today, one of the “Big Three” teams presented their financial plan. Fully costed out, and vague enough to cover mistakes. (Come on: Help Where it’s Needed Most has a certain ring to it). I’m not sure about the numbers; others will certainly be hard at the task of re-summing the columns with their preferred four-banger calculators. It’s just neat to see a party take on the corporate class with the suggestion of a 2% increase in taxation rates.
And for the record, fearmongers are already predicting a mass exodus of that same corporate class to greener pastures. Might need to spend some time searching, given that we have been bottom of the list for years, but that’s how it works. Tell everyone how bad life will be, and then subtly nudge your own rates into similar territory.
Today, the lawn got a clip. Nothing military, but the blades of grass will now be on their best behavior. I wasn’t the tractor pilot, but I did go for gas. Just in case. We have NO idea how much fuel it requires to drive in circles for hours. Nor is there a plan for how to handle the “hills and hollows”. Still learning. This evening, the new lawn looks manicured. Not golf course level, but better than it did this morning.
