Finance Minister Gifts

"Senator, I'd like to ask you about the economy."

Yanis Varoufakis

'We live in hard times and as the finance minister, I've got to take hard decisions. Now, where's the kids' piggy bank?'

Rishi Sunak

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

Jeroen Dijsselbloem

"The Finance Minister said it was okay."

"The Greeks love me! At the restaurant I even get my food for free!"

"No incumbents were harmed in the passage of this stimulus package...."

Yanis Varoufakis

"I am the new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis!"

Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Schauble

Jim Flaherty's bonbons: The new fiscal reality will be a hard one to swallow.

To stimulate the Canadian economy with taxpayer money, I will spare no cost!

Jim Flaherty talks about plastic money.

Inside Jim Flaherty's office.

'My ambition is to become minister of finance.'

'My nephew suggest that we beg Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny to solve the crisis. Childish, eh? Would you please find out these guys' phone numbers?'

Vote: 'All I want is what's best for the country - MONEY!'

"The Treasury is fairly sure that the figures in the budget are correct, they might just not be in the right order!"

Our Finance Minister has stepped down to spend more time with his portfolio.

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

'Now that I have your attention...'

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

Sen. Krupt. I don't tell constituents that we're fueling inflation. I say we're protecting consumers and thanks to us they won't have to worry about buying any cheap stuff.

"Stock options for your thoughts."

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."