Fiscal Policy Nerd Gifts

Suicide budgeter...

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

"Good boy."

Mario Draghi

Ahem. I'm eating. Not now, please. Just one tiny question. Believers I American exceptionalism have always said we're the paragon of democracy. So I'm just wondering … How come one party is passing unnecessary laws that'll keep millions of us from voting? They're robbing us of our voice! Could've surprised me.

The Current Separation of Church and State Explained.

'The recession is over, again.'

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

"Tariffs"

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

'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!'

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

From Street Walker to Call Girl

Tree of Public Opinion.

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

'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!"

Arrest Them Later

Our 4 Branches of Government

"I realize how helpless and needy they are, but I'm afraid you still can't claim a human as a dependent."

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

'He's trying to fine-tune the economy again.'

"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.'

EU - Constitution

"Found meat is income."

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

Debt Ceiling and False Ceiling.

'Get the media over here! I want them to see how well my jobs program is working.'

Pork barrel projects vs Keynesian economics.

'I've got it! - We'll call it the SUPERpatriot Act!'

"Good news-- people are no longer calling your campaign quixotic."

Victim of Sequestration!

Cost of Terror.

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