Budget Crusader Gifts

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

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

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

Phil would get giddy after a large print run, but the company was saving a fortune.

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

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

'The scariest story I know is escalating health care costs.'

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

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

'If only you could do this with a cow once in a week, we'd save a lot of money for the food delivery service, Rupert!'

'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,-!!'

'The operation we want you to do is to remove 25 from our budgets.'

'Due to budget cutbacks, we need to get by with less.'

"Yes dear. But, I don't think you're actually supposed to dispose of your disposable income."

The European Union aims to eradicate tax evasion.

"There's no getting away from the numbers....only by forgetting holidays, giving up drink, the cinema, meals out and socialising...will we be able to afford any quality of life when we retire."

'Of course, that bid's just an estimate.'

"I think I see the problem..."

Rich react to higher taxes.

"I told Mr Simmons there's something I wanted to get off my chest - his hands."

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

'And exactly how much less did it cost to implement Five Sigma instead of Six, Dwayne?'

Your Tax $ At Peacekeeping.

"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!"

'I want to eat healthy food, but it takes green to eat green.'

"I feel that just as as I think I can make ends meet, someone moves the ends!"

Generation Rend. Young man rending his garments in anguish at extortionate rents.

It's the only crossing guard they can afford.

"In order to cut costs we are no longer animating our presentations..."

'So... cutting my funding, eh? Well, I've got a pair of mutant fists that say otherwise!'

"Says he can't afford the hospital's parking fees!"

"This company wants to make money, NOT spend money. Turning on the lights would go against our goal."

Sticker Shock 2007.