Federal Government Employee T-Shirts

'Turns out I too am a slow-moving mass of low pressure, running in a counter-clockwise direction...'

"Nation-building never works."

"You've got to fill in these forms to join the 'How to reduce bureaucracy' seminar."

"You're fired."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"On a more positive note the guidance we’ve published on the services we can’t provide is published in 37 different languages."

The Anti-Agent

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

"So we are agreed then, most of the targets we've set staff are completely unreasonable and we should just scrap them."

They're Not Just That Into It

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

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

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

Storm in the out tray

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"National security adviser"

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

Quality Control

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"What was I thinking?!"

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

Political convention

The Circular Logic of Fascism

Health Advisory: Flint Water has lead, Ann Arbor water has dioxane.

CIA report

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."