Vocabulary Lesson

Get out your pencils and a clean sheet of paper. 
We are going to define some terms that are being bandied about, which in our opinion, are being used incorrectly.
Ready?

1. Budget: A financial statement of estimated income and expenses of a country for a period of time; also, a plan for financing a government, based on such a statement.
2. Deficit: Deficiency in amount, as of income.
3. Democracy:Government by the people; government in which the supreme power is retained by   the people and exercised either directly, or indirectly through a system of representation.
4. Dictator: One who exercises supreme authority in a state.
5. Fact: That which has actual existence; an event.
6. Opinion: Belief stronger than impression; less strong than knowledge; a belief; view; judgment.

Now let's use them correctly.


The current council is trying hard to assess the budget woes of the Village. The deficit in the Major Street Fund is being addressed, and yes there will be an additional deficit  as a result of  poor financial management by the former government.That's a fact.  
In our opinion, the former manager acted as a dictator, in that he wasn't interested in democracy. He felt he alone knew what was best for the Village; after all, he was the smartest man in Stockbridge. And that's a shame. And that's why the Village is in the shape it is. 


Class dismissed.