Government Finance Officer Mugs

Budget surplus in Canada.

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

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

"Nation-building never works."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"You're fired."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

The Anti-Agent

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

I hope a starting salary of 80 and a severance of 12 is acceptable....

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

They're Not Just That Into It

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

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

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"National security adviser"

'Salaries Manager. No.'

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

'Who folded the annual report into a paper airplane?'

"What was I thinking?!"

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

The Circular Logic of Fascism

'I'm sorry but I'm afraid the corporation is going in a different direction.'

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Political convention

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

'Gentlemen, we need a slogan!'