Budget Complainer Gifts

Little Taxes.

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

'Well, maybe upteen zillion was too general a cost estimate.'

"Sorry, new style pain killer. It's the cut-backs I'm afraid."

Federal Department of Gimme, Gimme, Gimme!

'You can't sit like that all the way through the Budget.'

Gas Price Reads: Way Too Much.

Med. Soc Sec. Can we agree on anything to reduce the deficit other than a bake sale?

"This is your social worker Mrs Bigworth, she's brought your care package."

"We’ve been told to cut the drugs budget so in future Louella here will be chanting away your pain."

New Council Waste Charges - 'I owe £80 for being a waste of space.'

Cost of the military.

"The cuts have made things even worse...It's the worst part of the job. Having to spend so much time with people at the very end of the tether...people with no hope, no optimism for the future, people in a state of despair!"

"Waiter, there's a greenfly in my soup!"

It's the only crossing guard they can afford.

"We've been told that we can't leave patients on trolleys in the corridors, so we are moving them into the car park."

Be flamboyant-today living within your means is mucking-up the economy.

'All this talk about spending cuts has generated a populist movement for a salary cap for politicians!'

'There's no money to provide 'Care in the Community'...but we have just enough to move him into the carpark!'

Look thru the hole to see budget savings: 'I don't see anything in there...'

"And Boris caims all his spending plans will be financed by winnings on investing £1000 a week in Eurolottery tickets..."

'Ladies and gentlemen, I must warn you that when I come to hammer out the budget details, I do not fool around.'

'We have to make massive cuts so we can reduce debt.... which will cut into growth which is needed so we can make massive cuts...'

Road to nowhere, made possible by surplus highway funds.

'Due to cuts, the school will only be open 6 to 10 on Sunday night.'

'My new book is a perfect fit for 'Austerity Britain', it's incredibly cheap...but you do have to write it yourself.'

"It's a reprieve...but we have him strapped in the chair!"

Fiscal Hypochondria

The Inaugural Ball

War plane dropping IOU's instead of bombs due to budget cuts

Why should I let you leave work, Rudy. Because my shift's over. I've calculated it. Turns out you spend 12.2% of your day mopping. That means in just one month, I pay you more to mop than the price of one Roomba. The Roomba robot would work 24 hours a day if I told it to. Would like a 12.2% pay cut, of shall I rename thee. "Roomba Park"? Goodnight, Scrooge.

"Your operation has been cancelled and you MAY die, but if it's any consolation it was a 'planned, methodical and thoughtful measure'."

"Sorry Santa we're over budget for 'meeting the dreams of young children' and we won't have funds for 'screams of delight' until 2026 at the earliest."

"Looks like crime is down."

"Welfare cuts might be painful...but there's only so much we can afford!"