Government Budget Followers Gifts

Now You See It. . . Now You Don't. . .

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

"Who's got the hammer?"

'Sire, Sodom and Gomorrah are requesting Federal disaster relief aid.'

Where are they now?: Office of Management & Budget - Grumpy.

'You earned this corner office by cutting corners...'

"Our new information management system has just worked out where we wasted most money last year. . . It was on the new information management system."

Businessman sees door sign 'Department of Mismanagement and Overbudget'.

"You need to justify your own existence first."

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

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

'It's cheaper than gas.'

"Well the good news is that we did save a little money by not investing in cyber crime protection...."

Preliminary Price Tag: $5,000,000,000

Budget

'The deficit doesn't look nearly so bad now that we've switched to Arabic numerals.'

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

"Unfortunately the first thing they cut was the stationery budget..."

'We spend a lot, borrow a lot, tax a lot. It keeps things from getting boring.'

'I cut myself slashing the budget!'

Delivering red ink to the Berueu of Management and Budget.

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

'We'll see significant savings in health care costs with our new in-house operations.'

City Centre Development - "...We've spent all the money on the model."

Committee on Deficit Spending and Positive Spinning.

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.

EU

'We've gone over your budget very carefully, Mr Thorne. Unfortunately the network does not sell 7-second spots.'

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

Run in the Family

Company profit making scheme - Jenkins, you owe us £327.95.

US aid to Ukraine

Where tax money goes...