Budget Advisor Gifts

'We grow our food, have solar energy, use bikes instead of car...now if we could only stop buying knickknacks!'

"And the Lord said, 'They shall gradually, so as not to cause unemployment, beat their swords into plowshares.'"

'I'm on a budget, what would Antony Worrall Thompson recommend?'

". . . We're being sucked into the UK national debt!"

'...Dad, do you believe in paranormal...activity?'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

"Who's got the hammer?"

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

Where are they now?: Office of Management & Budget - Grumpy.

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

'You earned this corner office by cutting corners...'

"At $4 a dozen, it's hard to balance a career and a family."

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

"Our new information management system has just worked out where we wasted most money last year. . . It was on the new information management system."

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

"You need to justify your own existence first."

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

"How is the budget forecast looking?"

"Well the good news is that we did save a little money by not investing in cyber crime protection...."

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

'The deficit doesn't look nearly so bad now that we've switched to Arabic numerals.'

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

"We balanced our budget this month!"

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

Once again overbudget and past dealine, the predatory boa constractor adroitly squeezes the life from its victim's wallet.

'I wonder how the economy is doing.'

"This guy might like fiddling with numbers, Dad – but is he any good at sums?"

Excess Baggage: Sooner or later all those vacation bills come due.

Keep the econoimy moving

'We spend a lot, borrow a lot, tax a lot. It keeps things from getting boring.'

"The good news is that profits are up 76%. . . The BAD news is that costs are up 83%."