Budget Balancing Wizard Mugs

"Our marketing budget has become a black hole."

"We're going to have to be very careful deciding which parts of the voluntary sector to fund."

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

US Postal Service . . . Deficits Forever!

"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"

'The meek shall inherit the debt. The rich shall inherit the loopholes.'

"Your wonderful daughter and I would like to become engaged in F.Y. '97, married in F.Y. '98, and if the numbers look good, start a family in F.Y. '99."

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

'Can we afford you to save us money by repairing the car yourself...?'

"Microwave to replace gas or oil central heating?" "Yes. Think how cheap it is to microwave a cup of tea!"

'There will be no raises this year since the state now has a lottery.'

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

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

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

Expenses/Income. "Our only problem is working out how to switch these."

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

State Budget.

'Sorry, that was before the fed raised the interest rates.'

"We balanced our budget this month!"

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

Al's Farm Equipment: Our Prices Can't Be Beat!

Keep the econoimy moving

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

The good news is that I've got all the figures...the BAD news is that I'm not sure what order to put them in!

'I cut myself slashing the budget!'

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, especially with our advertising budget.

Help!!! I've been kidnapped - Your Money.

'How can they call it a shared sacrifice in this bad economy...when your pay cut was 10% and mine, 25%?!'

Run in the Family

'We're waiting for an estimate that doesn't make him do that.'

IRS, 'It might make you feel better if you just think of it as a negative entitlement.'

The economy and the environment.

The ways and means committee reaches the tipping point.

"...And this is Mable, who will assist me with the billing."