Family Budget Analyst Gifts

Girl to mother: 'I could use more disposable income.'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

"Who's got the hammer?"

Where are they now?: Office of Management & Budget - Grumpy.

"At $4 a dozen, it's hard to balance a career and a family."

'You earned this corner office by cutting corners...'

"Our new information management system has just worked out where we wasted most money last year. . . It was on the new information management system."

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

"You need to justify your own existence first."

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

"Well the good news is that we did save a little money by not investing in cyber crime protection...."

'The deficit doesn't look nearly so bad now that we've switched to Arabic numerals.'

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

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

Keep the econoimy moving

'We spend a lot, borrow a lot, tax a lot. It keeps things from getting boring.'

"Unfortunately the first thing they cut was the stationery budget..."

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

'I cut myself slashing the budget!'

Delivering red ink to the Berueu of Management and Budget.

'We'll see significant savings in health care costs with our new in-house operations.'

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.

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

Committee on Deficit Spending and Positive Spinning.

City Centre Development - "...We've spent all the money on the model."

EU

'We've gone over your budget very carefully, Mr Thorne. Unfortunately the network does not sell 7-second spots.'

"Worst budget cuts ever!"

Horror Theater. Now Playing. Return of the Deficit.

Run in the Family

US aid to Ukraine