Budget Counselor Mugs

'It's a type of credit card that self destructs when it reaches the limit I've set for you.'

"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"

"Who's got the hammer?"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

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

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

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

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

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

"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!'

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

"How is the budget forecast looking?"

"Well the good news is that we did save a little money by not investing in cyber crime protection...."

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

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

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

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'We grow our food, have solar energy, use bikes instead of car...now if we could only stop buying knickknacks!'

'I wonder how the economy is doing.'

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

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

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

Keep the econoimy moving

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

Excess Baggage: Sooner or later all those vacation bills come due.

"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.

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