Budget Watchdog Gifts

'Oh! Boy I can hardly believe it...I've never seen things going so well!'

'We make cents out of your dollars.'

If your senator had clout, this would be a $50,000,000 construction project, instead of a $5,000,000 one!

"You want both? C'mon - get serious - we can only afford one."

'Well, it's a first step...'

Bringing Home The Bacon

"We need a little more money..."

'If they have been 'throwing money away at the schools' they certainly have been missing this place.'

Clinical waste.

Do you cover broken noses...

'Aluminum siding will be used to cut costs in restoration at the U.S. Capitol.'

"Great, but where are they going to get the money to pay for them?"

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, 'The White House needs $765 billion -- we'll explain later.'

'I believe the use of elastic- bands is down to the new government defence cut-backs!'

'So FOR THE RECORD . . . are you ADMITTING that there are circumstances in which you would not DEMAND an MRI scan for a child with a sniffle for purely BUDGETARY reasons.'

'Before we tackle reckless government spending, what do you say we take an all-expenses paid junket to Bimini?'

Benefit mistakes cost one billion a year. Well in our defence we did get a lot of the numbers correct,they just weren't in the right order.

'more, More, More! It's a matter of Homeland Security!'

'Speaking on budget deficit, the president said 'We can save billions if we elimate the two superflous branches of government.'

Education Funding

Here we go again!

'We've completed the spending review and there won't be any.'

"OK...this is not gonna work."

"$45 for science class, $34 for math, $64 for art class and $87 for English!?! What the heck does my tax money pay for?"

"There's some question as to how long we're going to be able to keep the lights on."

"Our management consultant has recommended we employ another management consultant to explore cutting the budget we have for management consultants."

"I guess the government spends most of our tax money on defense and the rest is just 'crazy money'."

"Good news, Mr. Herndon. We worked out the budget, and we have a kidney."

"He wasn't so keen on austerity after all."

"Do-it-yourself checkout, and still the prices keep going up."

"It's only money."

Calls for Income Tax Reduction

Iraq Inquiry - Gordon Brown.

'And here's another six billion is savings from vacations Michelle and I patriotically decided NOT to take!

War Money on blocks