Austerity Debater Gifts

'The great thing is, the poor won't be able to squander it on luxuries such as dignity, equality and hope!'

'I suppose we've got to keep a sense of perspective. The Greeks waste our money, the French merely spend it.'

"I have my pants put on one leg at a time."

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

"I'm worried. We're small enough to fail, but not big enough to be bailed out!"

"One can be against entitlements, and still feel a sense of entitlement."

'We've completed the spending review and there won't be any.'

'Oh, we could reduce the deficit, but it'd just leave stretch marks.'

Yellow Vests

"Son, one day all this will belong to your tax office, your economy-hating environmental wackos and your corrupt political clowns."

"Will the current economic trend end in a whimper or a bang? For answers, let's turn to tonight's guests!"

'I guess they forgot to call for us again Martha.'

'Look at it this way, if you didn't have to pay all that money in tax, you'd go out and spend it anyway.'

World Cop.

'Another casualty of U.S. Rating agencies...'

Fat Cats

"No more stress!"

The Elephant in the Corner.

Economic Experts

"Hi Ho Hi Ho It's to benefits we go..."

"Hey - aren't you the owner of the store?"

School of Voodoo Economics

'Continuing to deficit spend during a budget crunch is what makes America great!'

"They could make a Drachma out of this crisis."

Gordon Brown is making money.

Wayne Swan

"It's a part of the new austerity program – e now run things by paralegal."

"I intend to leave this earth with that with which I came into it …. Thirty million adjusted for inflation."