Irs Official Gifts

'Nightmare on Form Street.'

"I have nothing to hide."

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

"Nation-building never works."

"You're fired."

The Anti-Agent

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

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

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

'What do you want first - The bad news or the even badder news?'

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

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

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

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

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"

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

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

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

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

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"I'm curious about your dependent children, Scamp, Flop, and Spunky."

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

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

Political convention

"What was I thinking?!"

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

CIA report

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

'And this one's framed in beautiful Brazilian hardwood.'

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."