Federal Budget Enthusiasts Mugs

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

"Seriously, do you expect us to believe you put on 143 feet a day in business travel?"

IRS: The country is broke, but your taxes cannot be construed as 'Charity to the Poor'.

'Should the U.S. motto be, 'In for a buck, in for a trillion'?'

EU Budget: '5% more and you're home free!'

Cost of Terror.

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

Tax Cuts Watering the Economy

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

"On our budget, I'm glad the Keebler Elves were available."

'Remember, Henderson - A penny saved is a departmental oversight.'

Family Budgets

"We’ve been told to cut the drugs budget so in future Louella here will be chanting away your pain."

Cost of the military.

'I warned them! I told them the sky is falling! The sky is falling! But, this time nobody listened.'

'Continuing to deficit spend during a budget crunch is what makes America great!'

Uncle Sam and Quantitative Easing.

Sequester Sinkhole

'See anything interesting?'

'See the nice benefits?'

1876 Election: Tilden-Hendricks Democratic Nomination Contradicts itself on Fiscal Policy

'From living beyond our means, we've gone to living beyond our wildest expectations!'

Office of Social Insecurity.

'There's no money to provide 'Care in the Community'...but we have just enough to move him into the carpark!'

Look thru the hole to see budget savings: 'I don't see anything in there...'

"And Boris caims all his spending plans will be financed by winnings on investing £1000 a week in Eurolottery tickets..."

"Sorry, George - it's time to pass the trophy on."

'All this talk about spending cuts has generated a populist movement for a salary cap for politicians!'

"Good news! Our financial problems are over. We just have to make one small change in our lifestyle. We can't buy anything from now until Memorial Day."

Junior Ministers in the Cuts Department would often moonlight, looking for unturned stones.

Now You See It. . . Now You Don't. . .

'We have to make massive cuts so we can reduce debt.... which will cut into growth which is needed so we can make massive cuts...'