Benefit Battler Mugs

'I asked why my Social Security check was late, and they transferred me to a number in Beijing.'

'Budget cuts have forced us to drop our day-care program. I've contacted your mother to come and pick you up.'

Pop Culture for Teens

"I intend to stay in this job, come Hell or high water."

Fries and kids

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

'Ooops! My mistake. That was the yearly budget estimate, no the monthly estimate.'

'Not only can I not find the middle class tax cut, I can't find the middle class.'

'Get an afterlife!'

"All I have left to cut is my lunch money."

"I've run every test known to man, and it turns out you're allergic to medical bills."

fish in a bottle...

'Word has it that you have an ulcer, Tomkins. Nice going! You'll find an extra 20 bucks in your paycheck.'

Arctic Weather vs Utility Bills

Fiscal Cliff Dwellers.

Gas Bill

Student Debt

'Don't be afraid!...Bobo's just going to fix the teeth a little tighter.'

"For all the years I've worked here you've had it in for me...so will you get off my case."

Man is attacked by barcodes.

buck stops here-taxes...mine

Man about to pay his hospital bill notices a team of doctors and nurses waiting to resuscitate him.

I'm not overweight , I just have a heavy management infrastructure.

A sleeping couple

'You've cut me off. So how can I find my cheque book in the dark?'

'I'm going to use it to write letters to keep our health benefits, son...we veterans have a new battle when we get back.'

'Never, Ever...assume anything is free when you visit a hospital.'

"Good news! The White House has agreed to negotiate with us on that $400 mil in cuts!" "What do you have to give up next time... the other arm or a leg...?"

'I worry that Henderson's becoming too well entrenched.'

'So how have the cuts affected you?'

"To describe our budget shortfall as a 'Black Hole' is both simplistic and inaccurate."

"If the board cuts our budget any more, I'm going to have to start stealing the kids' lunch money."

Running away form the costs of electricity and pollution.

"...And thanks to our new budget, class sizes are a low 40:1 ratio!"

Credit card repayments are for life, not just for Christmas.