After 30 years of voodoo economics, we get this sad "all is well, we'll save you if you lower our taxes" gambit and it will be seen as the height of seriousness.
Can we have a [Lower Taxes - Clap Louder!] alert?
I got three sentences into this and thought 'So where's the pitch for lower taxes?'
Serious People are nothing if not predictable.
Barrie's fairies are dependent on the belief of others to survive. In one famous scene, she is dying, but will survive if enough people believe in fairies. In the play the characters make a plea to the children watching to sustain her by shouting out "I believe in fairies," and clapping, an example of "breaking the fourth wall."