Family Budgeters Gifts

'Due to the economy, your assignment is to write 'What I didn't do over my summer vacation'.'

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

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

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

"You need to justify your own existence first."

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

"How is the budget forecast looking?"

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

'I wonder how the economy is doing.'

'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?"

Keep the econoimy moving

Excess Baggage: Sooner or later all those vacation bills come due.

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

"We're going to have to save some money...and one way is to rewrite the rules on expenses claim."

Small Businesses Go Under.

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

Homeless count.

'He's put in a tender to run down public services.'

7.9% Fewer Drones

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

'We do a lot for the ecosystem.'

'It's a relatively simple operation...first, we take out your wallet...'

Budget Munchies

BELTS, loose & tight...weight loss clinic and financial advisors.

Gas prices up.

"With this app, I can track my savings. It counts cash, categorizes cash, and calculates cash interest."

"Hello, Sally? I've decided not to go to the concert. . . my father said I'd have to use my own money!"

"You pay taxes to send me to school? Hey, that's where you can save money."

'Never, Ever...plan to pay for just an oil change when you take your car to the shop.'

'My expense account isn't what it used to be. So for lunch I'm taking you fishing, and we'll eat what we catch.'

"This wasn't the kind of budget cuts I had in mind."

'Lester, were you just trying to save a few bucks by using toilet paper in the fax machine, or does this mean we've been using thermal fax paper in the john for the past six months?'