Budgeting Expert In Training Mugs

"I was thinking...what if you didn't get a car? Think how much you'd save! No car payments. No gas bills. No insurance. No repair bills."

"Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?"

"You're a fine one to talk about my spending!"

"Your expense account ain't what it used to be. There's not enough money on your card to cover the $5.35."

Fuel bill gone through the roof

Investing your savings

'The good news is we've finally turned the corner. The bad news is, no government bailout.'

'Well I've finished the project on time and on budget!' 'Oh, that means I've given you too much time and too much money!'

'We grow our food, have solar energy, use bikes instead of car...now if we could only stop buying knickknacks!'

"Alright, alright! I'll stop buying the cheap stuff, OK?"

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

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

Blowing dust off an order book.

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

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

Small Businesses Go Under.

"No, unfortunately I won't be raising your debt ceiling."

". . . We're being sucked into the UK national debt!"

"Gee, Dave, a proposal to balance the budget wasn't really what I was expecting."

"His department suffered the death of a thousand cuts."

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

'So, who's first?'

'The diet books really worked for me...I bought so many I couldn't afford any food.'

Budget Munchies

'This charge is for the office visit, this charge is for blood work, and this charge just about pays off the doc's school loan.'

'I don't have the budget surplus ON me, dummy!'

"Does it not gladden the heart to see Lowry adapt so well to our new low overhead policy?"

'We can't cut out the middle man. With the government in the picture now we are the middle man.'

Easy Budget Terms Are Not That Easy.

'Can I help? You bet your bottom dollar I can.'

Gas prices up.

"I want you to know that the school board is very pleased with your efforts to make this new budget work."

'When we talk about a 'needs' led service. The 'NEED' is to stay in budget!'

"Under the new tax plan, do we get it in the neck more or less than under the old tax plan?"