Budget Watchdog Mugs

'We make cents out of your dollars.'

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

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."

'Gentlemen, it's time we tightened our belts.'

Bringing Home The Bacon

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

"We need a little more money..."

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

Clinical waste.

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

Do you cover broken noses...

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

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

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

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

'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?'

Here we go again!

Education Funding

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

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.

"Afraid we can't help dear, too many other calls on the public purse!"

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

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

'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.'

'We thought we'd put in the details later...'

'They're hemorrhaging cash. . .get some contracts for transfusion . . . Now!'

Government access guaranteed...

"It's only money."

Calls for Income Tax Reduction

"Apparently, cutbacks to support all those funding increases you've promised start here."

To the Barricades