Fiscal Philosophers Prints

Today's sermon: 'Do sin taxes violate the seperation of church & state?'

'Well, obviously if I'd known car tax was going to go up I'd have bought a more sensible vehicle.'

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

Wall St. or True Love.

'Sorry guys... budget cuts !'

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

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

'We need people who dream the impossible dreams - like pensions and health care.'

'We were in the right place at the right time but, unfortunately, we were in the wrong time zone.'

'I think you need to reboot your fiscal compass.'

'Well they often get it wrong.'

Congressional Budget Committee: Benefactor...Victim

"The red bars represent the obscene numbers this quarter. The black bars are censoring those red bars."

"Financial Adviser advises client 'I advise you that you're broke'."

"I worry that we're headed for a future where you won't be able to earn three hundred times the salary of your lowest paid worker."

'Love gets the credit, but business makes the world go round.'

"All agreed? We buy low and sell high."

Tax Cuts Water the Economy.

Business Philosophy 101.

'Sorry, you must have the wrong person, I don't pay income tax.'

'After only a few years in the market I had a small fortune - unfortunately I'd started out with a big one.'

The Tobin Tax.

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

"Those taxpayers are real extremists."

The rich, the poor and the terrorist...

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

"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."

'Greenspan today explained the reason the Fed faises interest rates is so they can lower them again.'

'It's your debt to society.'

"Actually we're one of the few businesses that enjoy VAT visits."

"I burden you with the national debt, you burden your kids with it, and so on. . ."

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

"Well, if there is life on Mars, how come they haven't asked us for money?"

"So the only way to save the economy is to spend what we haven't got - plus ca change - moin ca change!"