Budget Maestro Gifts

Tax Increases.

Next year, taxpayers will have the option of donating their tax refunds to save the shrinking surplus.

I was a day late and a dollar short, but it was a personal best!

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

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

Profit

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

"I need to see your budget proposal."

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

"We need to change, but WHEN?"

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

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

"I'm not happy about what the economists are predicting."

A Day In The Kitchen

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

Keeping all the balls in the air - skills

"I need to increase my salary so I can increase my spending."

'I think I must be ambidextrous. I can calculate interest with both sides of my brain.'

Businessman wearing many hats.

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

'Need I tell you the name of the game?'

'Now this is my kind of green!'

Woman simutaneously playing the cello and washing man in bath's back

Unable to afford scaffolding, Dave ties plungers on his feet to get up a wall.

"I see the downsizing continues."

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

Your energy bill is enclosed. You might want to sit down.

'Howard's doing things he's always wanted to with his redundancy money.'

U.S. Credit Rating

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

Bank cashier sits near sign: 'Please do not ask for credit, as refusal often offends'.