Fiscal Frivolity Fan Prints

'At least he didn't demand the 56p small change.'

"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?"

'Let's go home and come back next year. It's Ground Hog Deficit!'

Exchange Rate Going Down the Plughole

Currency Stimulus.

It's 10 P.M. does anyone know what 'sequestration' means?

"I'm at that awkward stage between credit card payments and alimony payments."

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

Fiscal cliff

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

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

"If we were a business - rather than a government - we'd be bankrupt!"

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

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

Cost of Terror.

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

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

Fiscal Cliff Dwellers.

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

'Pay bills, stick to a budget, plan ahead.'

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

The world enters a global financial recession.

"No more stress!"

"If only there was a thesaurus for numbers."

"Someday this will all be yours!"

Annual sleep disorder for tax accountants.

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

"The tip jar is not for me. It's for the U.S. Budget Deficit."

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

"Pearson is known for his austere monetary views."

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

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

"To get through this recession we all need to make sacrifices...and this is YOURS!"

Uncle Sam and Quantitative Easing.