Budget Builder Mugs

"It's finally here!! The first part of my new lowrider car!"

"It's here! And it only cost me $3 plus postage! You see, you don't need a lot of money to build a sweet machine!"

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

"I need to see your budget proposal."

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

'That's what I thought, finances are tight: She's switched to no-name cat food...'

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

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

Unable to afford scaffolding, Dave ties plungers on his feet to get up a wall.

"I'm on a tight budget. Make it look like I cut at myself."

Your energy bill is enclosed. You might want to sit down.

Smart card.

Economy.

'Looks like we'll have to break into the piggy bank to find our endowment funding.'

Keep the econoimy moving

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

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

Miss Pike, send a memo to all members of staff.....Economies must be made.'

'I couldn't imagine bringing a child into the current fiscal-cliffy world.'

'Our new simplified energy bills just have a few options starting with 'Grossly inflated' and progressing to the premium 'Bloodsucker' package. . .'

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

"I asked my friends over to see how much the adults are leaving us to pay off!"

'Surely you can manage on your salary!'

'Wow, my own desk!'

'Man, I've bought heaps on my credit card this month...It always amazes me...How many things I'd rather have than money.'

Economist!

Small Businesses Go Under.

'Withdrawal symptoms.'

Sales - We could try a 'free offer' but it would cost us.

How To Cut The Defense Budget

"What I want from you, is a big budget event with a low budget, budget."

Serious bummer! The bank says I'm overdrawn.

'The legislation HR2109 would increase state aid to education. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for you.'

'It's a relatively simple operation...first, we take out your wallet...'

'I said we've got to lift up our numbers! I did not say to turn a loss of 150.000,- into a loss of 280.000,-!!'