In a vision of the future shown to him by a Native American, Bart Simpson sees his sister Lisa as the President of the United States. Mired in debt and with the public finances in a parlous state, President Simpson realises that she has no choice but to increase taxes. Knowing that the public hates tax increases, her advisers tell her to call it a ‘Temporary Refund Adjustment.’
The writers of The Simpsons are correct.
