Budget Maestro Mugs

Tax Increases.

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

'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.'

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

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

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.'

"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

"I see the downsizing continues."

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

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

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

U.S. Credit Rating

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

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

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

Smart card.

Creative entrepreneur at work

Wealth Juggler.