Budget Discussion Enthusiasts Pillows

'Here's your new 2013 model car! It's called 'The Sequester.' And yes, it's an automatic!'

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

'What's the smallest budget you can manage on?' 'The most you can give me!'

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

'My husband thought he could save money by repairing it himself.'

"I hate check writing, but, hey, it pays the bills."

Overdraft limit.

The ways and means committee reaches the tipping point.

Rare Medical Conditions - The compulsive desire to work out restaurant bills correctly

'What if we televise government budget hearings and make them pay-per-view?'

'In a cost-saving move, I've replaced your cubicle with a back pack.'

'The attack will have to wait until tomorrow Congressman. Today is furlough day. . .'

'You're clearly not well, just keep taking these until we run out of them.'

'My pay envelope is empty.' - 'Your deductions equal your salary'

"Post-holiday dieting will be much easier this year. Our disposable cash flow will be diverted."

US Deficit

'I want to return this wallet. I can't seem to keep any money in it.'

"Strategic plan B: We chop down all the office plants and grow vegetables."

Bureau of Spending Decreases and Deficit Reduction - 'Wait a minute! How can that be?'

'I think we should budget on the number of budgets we draw up'

'Well, you're bankrupt, but look on the bright side -- it only cost you eight dollars per transaction!'

"Well, if I can't get an increase based on merit, how about one based on the cost of living beyond my means?"

Piggy Bank reads 'How to Manage Your Money.'

"... And how are you enjoying the cheapest bottle of wine on the menu?"

"This is a third-year medical student. To cut costs, your insurance company dismissed the surgeon."

'What happens when we run out of gas?!'

Doctor to man: 'You'll need to empty your pockets. For symbolic purposes, let's start with your wallet.'

Security/Savings

"Right now we're at a budget impasse. I maintain that you provide an essential service, and my wife feels that you do not."

'Our financial statement was delivered 'postage due'. Think that's a sign?'

"Here's a bunch of money. We need you to save America...as we know it."

'Honestly, Boss, I only asked it how to make ends meet on the salary you pay me. . .'

Family Budgets

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