Fiscal Fable Lover Pillows

"And after the prime rate declined by half a point, the Dow rose by thirty-two, guess what happened to Goose and Fox?"

"Although technically it's a profit and loss statement, the narrative is admittedly rather one-sided."

'Yes Mr Hare, you were right: He IS on steroids!'

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

Exchange Rate Going Down the Plughole

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.

'Please, Grandpa Turkey! Tell us about the Christmas massacre and the Thanksgiving bloodbath!'

"Your grandma and I have decided to live together."

Currency Stimulus.

'Okay... now everyone smile and say: 'that;s not deductible'.'

Fiscal cliff

Basic Tax Law/Loopholes.

"It's the government, they've spent all our taxes and want to know if we can send them some more."

"At last, a country that welcomes poor refugees like me..."

Fiscal Cliff Dwellers.

I spent it all under the silly notion that it was all mine.

William Tell meets Carmen Miranda.

"Wait … where’s Chicken Little? And who is ‘Kim Jong Un’?"

'...I also do some work for the tax department.'

"Wow! Talk about a game-changer!"

"Do me a favor, Harlow. When you greet me, stop saying 'Hello, big spender!'"

"And the lovely, little daughter understood her daddy was tired from harvesting people's personal data all day and went to sleep. The end."

"No more stress!"

The world enters a global financial recession.

"Someday this will all be yours!"

Annual sleep disorder for tax accountants.

Bureau of Government Pork: 'Good Lord! Who's going to pay for all this!'

Fables for the Millennial.

"Pearson is known for his austere monetary views."

'...and if my taxes are cut, I promise to stimulate the economy.'

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

Tortoise being tested for performance enhancing drugs.

"Only one thing could be worse than paying income tax. Not having to pay it."

Androcles and the Lion Rampant.