Leaden from the Front

As is well known in moderate circles, one of the more sensible and sustainable ways of helping a national economy is to cut back on fripperies like public health. Accordingly, in the Kingdom of the Trumpster and his head-tribble the representatives of the real people have voted to cut spending on replacement of lead drinking-water pipes. Some have protested that any savings will be more than wiped out by the cost of the impact on health, as if the Trumpster and his head-tribble would allow anyone but the little people to incur expenses of that kind. Lead poisoning lowers children's intelligence, stunts development and causes higher blood pressure in adults; so from the electoral-religious point of view the policy is all advantage.