Fiscal Policy Geek Gifts

'Seems the only thing that works over thirty years is to starve you to death now.'

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

"Good boy."

Mario Draghi

The Current Separation of Church and State Explained.

'I suppose we've got to keep a sense of perspective. The Greeks waste our money, the French merely spend it.'

"Tariffs"

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

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

'Mark my words! Our enemies will test this young guy with a huge international crisis as soon as he's electe! But don't worry, he'll be fine!', 'Come here, Joe -- let me give you a nice fist bump!'

Tree of Public Opinion.

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

Pollster

From Street Walker to Call Girl

'There, we're up and running! Let the logging in begin. . .'

William Bentinck

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

Our 4 Branches of Government

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

Royalty, Episcopacy, and Law.

Obama

"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."

'Hmmm ... no health insurance. Take him to the Intensive I Don't Care Unit.'

'Stick a few upper-class tax cuts to it and it'll pass like a bran muffin dipped in vaseline.'

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

Cost of Terror.

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

Bank of England Base Rates.

'You'll lose all your powers to Brussels.'

'In response to nasty jokes about his intelligence, the president promised to increase funding for think tanks.'

"Here's my idea. First we privatize everything. Then we fire everyone. Then we give ourselves bonuses for frugality."

'Just a minute!'

'History is made - a major party chooses an African-American presidential candidate!'

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

Bees voting at a Pollen Station.