 by paycheck to paycheck, so that if something went wrong, like the refrigerator broke down or the washing machine, they couldn't replace it. They didn't have the savings to replace it. So these people were desperate for something to change economically. The American president, Lyndon Johnson, once said that if he was able to walk on water across the Potomac River, the Washington Post would report the next day that the president can't swim. So it's good that we mock our leaders. Democracy, in fact, will be very good at lampooning leadership. And indeed,