Fiscal Funambulist Mugs

'Now do you think that's done any good?'

"I'm curious about your dependent children, Scamp, Flop, and Spunky."

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

I've found a loophole in your loophole

"Good news. Your medical prognosis is right in sync with your retirement portfolio."

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

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.

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

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

The spend is high

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

'Worldcon' - financial statement fraud exposed.

'Reminds me of how I balance your pay packet each week!'

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

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

'Probably just another correctional movement.'

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

'The financial advisor is here.'

The rich, the poor and the terrorist...

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

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

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

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

Cost of Terror.

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

I.R.S. - A non-discriminatory federal agency. We Soak rich and poor alike.

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

'I'll have 40 percent of what he's having.'

"If only there was a thesaurus for numbers."

Office of Management & Budget. Now hiring: crowdfunding expert to reduce the U.S. budget deficit.

Sick of the 'Fiscal Cliff'? Cartoonists, politicos and pundits need a new metaphor!!

"No more stress!"

'That one looks like a hefty tax cut with simultaneous reduction in the deficit.'