Government Shutdown Enthusiast Mugs

'The government shut down - no big deal! Now if they could only shut down the IRS...'

'Not a word to Alfred, but the spare bedroom is worth losing the fourteen pounds!'

'Do you remember the good old days when April 15 was the only 'fiscal cliff' people worried about?'

"Other folks have to pay taxes, too, Mr. Herndon, so would you please spare us the dramatics!"

IRS: The country is broke, but your taxes cannot be construed as 'Charity to the Poor'.

'We can't cut entitlements for federal employees. We're federal employees.'

"OSHA is going to hear about this!"

'Daddy! There's a Politician in my closet!'

Real Congressional reform's a must.....

Federal Departument of Edutainment.

Two men who work for The Federal Department of Bureaucracy look at chart 'Things to Pretend to do Today'

ECONOMICS 101, 'Everybody out! -- This class has been canceled by order of the Federal Government!'

CONGRESS, 'Okay, so you've been censured -- you've got to get right back in there and start legislating before you lose your nerve!'

'Look at it this way, if you didn't have to pay all that money in tax, you'd go out and spend it anyway.'

'This won't take long, Senator -- I'm a single-issue nut.'

Investigate Committee On Why There Are So Many Investigative Committees.

'It's interesting that your great-grandparents came over from Ireland in 1887, but you still don't qualify for foreign aid.'

'Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker! Mr. Speaker. . . He didn't show up for work today.'

2020 Panic Room

Obama and Congress

Most egregious misuse of Commons speaking time.

"Politics is the art of nothing is possible."

Mind Narrows.

"We briefly thought we balanced the budget, but it was 'fake math'."

"My report is on the three branches of government - checks, balances, and subpoenas."

"Dad! I made a sand embarrassment!"

"Congress just passed a bill turning the entire judicial branch of the government over to the States!"

Congressional Trimming

Seven Economic Plans to Save Everybody. . . 'Any questions?'

We see the US flag flying outside a government building, with the strips going vertically - US Government tackles obesity.

'It'll deliver more and better services at a lower cost -- it's Giant Economy Size Government!'

'Continuing to deficit spend during a budget crunch is what makes America great!'

Once again, the conversation gets too heated, and the selection of a state muffin has to be shelved until next year.

Local Government Bill (1894) and the Lords