Budget Analyst Enthusiast Gifts

Reduction of Personnel.

"Rumours of a crisis in the NHS are groundless...Spending is up by 2%, management ratios down by 62%..."

"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.

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

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

"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'.

'What's the smallest budget you can manage on?' 'The most you can give me!'

"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...."

'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."

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

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

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

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

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

"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.

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.

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

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

'My husband thought he could save money by repairing it himself.'

Committee on Deficit Spending and Positive Spinning.

"I hate check writing, but, hey, it pays the bills."

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

US aid to Ukraine

Run in the Family

It's 10 P.M. does anyone know what 'sequestration' means?

EU

The ways and means committee reaches the tipping point.