Fiscal Hawkishness Mugs

'Before we tackle reckless government spending, what do you say we take an all-expenses paid junket to Bimini?'

"Who's got the hammer?"

"To summarize the year: we were taken over, we took over, we were taken over and we took over."

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

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

Beware of the 4th quarter.

Congressional Budget Committee: Benefactor...Victim

Currency Stimulus.

HS2

"So tell me again about the disastrous effects the Biden infrastructure plan will have on the deficit that you're suddenly so concerned about. . ."

'Honey, the long-run is here!'

'We've completed the spending review and there won't be any.'

Fiscal cliff

"The figures are accurate. We've rounded-off to the nearest billion."

It's the same ingredients and aftertaste as stimulus 1..."

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

'You are charged with conspiracy to cut Government spending....'

'We didn't have enough money for steel bars, so we just put a bunch of syrup on the wood.'

'The financial services economy has shrunk again.'

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

Kicking The Habit

"And please let Alan Greenspan accept the things he cannot change, give him the courage to change the things he can and the wisdom to know the difference."

"The dow is over 21,000!"

"We Republicans must focus on our core values."

Cost of Terror.

Of Congress can't come to an agreement on a spending plan...

IRS... we know how you feel about the government wasting money! Damnit! We pay taxes too!

Fiscal Cliff Dwellers.

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

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

"When it comes to balancing the budget, unfortunately he has the minus touch."

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