Budget Decipherer Gifts

"...here you go!"

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

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

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

'The government's right. Not counting, food, clothing, energy, shelter, health care, or transportation, inflation is hardly going up.'

"I want you to know that emotion overrode reason."

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

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

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

"We balanced our budget this month!"

Depressed Businessman at Office Christmas Party.

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

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

"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?"

Keep the econoimy moving

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

'Wow, my own desk!'

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

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

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

Small Businesses Go Under.

Stephen King's latest horror novel: 'Healthcare reform debate'

"Gee, Dave, a proposal to balance the budget wasn't really what I was expecting."

'It may seem we're sinking deeper into debt, but really we're just experiencing a quarter of negative growth.'

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

'With the economy the way it is, I'm going to have to let one of you go.'

"The company must save money. That's why we've got to be easy on the carpet."

'A belt will have to be tightened...not the cars...yours.'

Consortia set to take over

'I want you stop referring to our grant as 'The Big Dipper.''

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

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

Cancel that turkey and prawn sandwich...

Serious bummer! The bank says I'm overdrawn.