It is a tricky business, this making grand statements about the financial arrangements in the pocketbook of this town. Does the "new direction" for Paris include manufacturing wizardly financial statements out of thin air?
Who did the homework that produced some of the conclusions and financial pronouncements being tossed about these last few weeks? This cavalier flinging of dollar-amounts (never mind information) makes a citizen wonder if the new administration in Paris thinks their constituents don't know anything at all.
Do they suppose that no one will ask questions? That any Paris citizen who takes a little time can't discover actual information for themselves? That voters will forever swallow tales and distractions?
