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

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

Currency Stimulus.

"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

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

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

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

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

Fiscal Cliff Dwellers.

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

Cost of Terror.

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

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

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

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

"If only there was a thesaurus for numbers."

The world enters a global financial recession.

"No more stress!"

"Someday this will all be yours!"

Annual sleep disorder for tax accountants.

"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.'

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

"Pearson is known for his austere monetary views."

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

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

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

Uncle Sam and Quantitative Easing.

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