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'Sorry. This social service cancelled. Thank you for helping us use the money for the military.'

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

"Who's got the hammer?"

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

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

'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."

'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...."

"Defense budget... Do you have any idea how much catnip $700 billion would buy?"

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

"Seriously, you can't balance the budget with cushion change."

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

"What comes after zillion?"

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

Occupy Budget Balancing

'Do you remember the good old days when April 15 was the only 'fiscal cliff' people worried about?'

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

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

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

'I cut myself slashing the budget!'

Delivering red ink to the Berueu of Management and Budget.

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

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

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

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.

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

Committee on Deficit Spending and Positive Spinning.

'Carry on sailor, just keep swimming around the coast and stick your head up now and again.'

US aid to Ukraine