Budget Analysis Fan Prints

FEMA: 'You think he even knows it's empty?'

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

"Who's got the hammer?"

"We're following Carrot Top."

William Shakespeare sitting at a desk

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

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

"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."

The Da Vinci Cod

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

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

"I don't like the look of this."

'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 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.'

"A wise choice sir! Aah. . . Da Vinci - a genius of the Renaissance and a man who changed the face of art forever! Would you like that as a bookmark, a pencil sharpener or a fridge magnet. . . ?"

You're my Venus

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'I understand this was the day you seized, Ferguson?'

'I became successful when my dreams changed from the Cary Grants of the world to federal grants.'

'As you can clearly see, our profits continue to climb well into the third quarter.'

'Let's go home and come back next year. It's Ground Hog Deficit!'

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

"You'd be angry, too, if your alter ego was a successful physician."

"Unfortunately the first thing they cut was the stationery budget..."

'I cut myself slashing the budget!'

Delivering red ink to the Berueu of Management and Budget.

"We need warning stickers on this side warning not to ignore all the other warning stickers on the other side."

Committee on Deficit Spending and Positive Spinning.

'We'll see significant savings in health care costs with our new in-house operations.'

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

City Centre Development - "...We've spent all the money on the model."

Benefit mistakes cost one billion a year. Well in our defence we did get a lot of the numbers correct,they just weren't in the right order.