I'm Not a Total Idiot, You Know.

``It's nothing short of astonishing, but this country is positively awash in positive economic news... it's like it's oozing from every pore of our national being. And what's so amazing about the whole thing is that everything is better every day... even without anything measurable actually improving. It's like a magic economy in which we're told that everything is getting happier by the moment, while no one knows anyone who's happier and everyone continues their own personal downward slide towards the poverty line.''