Of the People, for the People

   1. Government imagines lots of income for the year
   2. Government creates spending budget
   3. Government spends it.

Ok so far?

   4. Government turns out its pockets and
   5. Government finds them empty
   6. Government raises taxes!

And then....

   7. Government gets a windfall from IMF
   8. Government begs money from Europe
   9. Government fleeces the taxpayers

But still...

   10. People lose their jobs
   11. People cut their budgets
   12. People's tummies begin to rumble

But what if

   13. Government cut jobs?
   14. Government reduced its budget?
   15. Government went for liposuction?

Because if not

   16. People will not be able to pay taxes
   17. Government will charge them fines
   18. Government will add imaginary fines and unpaid taxes to their imaginary income (see above) and          tell the IMF and the EU how much they have SAVED!!!

"And they all lived happily ever after."

The (bitter) End