Money-saving Master Gifts

Avoiding Dental Expenses

Thrift: instead of 1 tap for hot water and 1 tap for cold, 1 tap for warm water.

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

Profit

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

GAS PRICES AT PUMP

"I need to see your budget proposal."

'What do you do with the time you save?'

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

"We need to change, but WHEN?"

"I'm not happy about what the economists are predicting."

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

'That's what I thought, finances are tight: She's switched to no-name cat food...'

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

'I think I must be ambidextrous. I can calculate interest with both sides of my brain.'

"I need to increase my salary so I can increase my spending."

You gotta hand it to the old man, he still knows how to motivate!

'I'd like to explain my ideas for economy within the company.'

"I just..."

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

'It's cheaper than gas.'

Department of efficiency and cost analysis.

'Need I tell you the name of the game?'

'Now this is my kind of green!'

Unable to afford scaffolding, Dave ties plungers on his feet to get up a wall.

U.S. Credit Rating

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

"I'm allergic to money. But luckily they've got antihistamines for that."

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

'Howard's doing things he's always wanted to with his redundancy money.'

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'