Budget Nerd Prints

Synchronized worry

'Seems the only thing that works over thirty years is to starve you to death now.'

Government tsk force

Budget Stoplights.

Old Faithful.

"These are the principal qualities we're looking for in our new recruits."

So I'm "cheap." It's a perfectly good word. And it aptly describes my interest in conserving resources. I suppose we could call you "thrifty." Heavens no! And waste two whole letters? I see we've only wasted one whole tea bag.

'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!'

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

"I just..."

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

"He doesn't fiscally stimulate me anymore."

"The good news is that profits are up 76%. . . The BAD news is that costs are up 83%."

'Let's go home and come back next year. It's Ground Hog Deficit!'

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

"This guy might like fiddling with numbers, Dad – but is he any good at sums?"

DIY marriage counseling.

Occupy Budget Balancing

'They never quite finished it - it was probably over budget.'

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

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

Small Businesses Go Under.

'So far, all I can tell you for sure is how much I've charged you.'

The ways and means committee reaches the tipping point.

"I'm at that awkward stage between credit card payments and alimony payments."

The spend is high

Your tax $ at WAR.

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

Overdraft limit.

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

"There's so much money around now we've started using it as toilet paper."

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

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

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