The Cliché Shift

The Liberals have announced a novel and resourceful plan to fund their spending programs: a Liberal government would tax only those citizens whose dollars are not hard-earned. "I like Mr Dion a lot," said Damian Quince of Kitchener. "I know Harper and them want to protect me from Liberal tax hikes, and I guess I'd care if I worked up a sweat fifty hours a week so I could afford luxury home appliances, but really I'm a lazy git. I'm lucky money comes easy just because I have a suit and I can type stuff. So I really don't begrudge Dion a share of my earnings, if he thinks he needs it to feed the homeless or buy textbooks or something."

For some reason the plan has not gone over well in Alberta's oil industry.

--Richard Clyde