Policy Ponderer Prints

"Is nuclear power the frying pan or the fire?"

"Uh-oh, your coverage doesn't seem to include illness."

"It's a 300 page government questionaire about cutting back on bureaucracy."

'Susan, hold all calls for the next six hours. I'm trying to comprehend the Affordable Care Act.'

'The object is to make money, not pay claims! Don't make me tell you again!'

"We need an end to short-termism, at least until next week"

'We've changed our mind. We don't care any more!'

'An ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure, but that was before Medicare.'

'I'd like to buy insurance to stop my insurance rates from going up.'

'Sorry ma'am, but a rule is a rule.'

'This policy has one exclusion - no payoff if civilization is destroyed by terrorism. However, in that event, all your premiums would be refunded.'

"This is our needs assessment, and you'll notice on the back that I've also attached our wants assessment."

"It's a 300 page government questionnaire about cutting back on bureaucracy."

'I read that 15% of us can't afford health insurance.'

"The Benefits Agency is always willing to be flexible...but only under certain limited clearly defined circumstances."

"And, for what we don't cover, there's insurance insurance."

Immigration - 'You haven't got enough points to re-enter the UK.'

'I'm more unpopular now than I was at school.'

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

'My decision is maybe and that's final.'

A man and a woman sit on a seesaw looking at a graph.

"It's our new policy ,if the children don't turn up then the parent's have to!"

'Hey, get out of my space!'

"Nice and simple. The way a family leave policy should be."

"The government realises that there has been some confusion about retirement ages..."

The benefits agency is always willing to be flexible,but only under certain limited, clearly defined circumstances.

"No, the economy isn't growing slowly. It's growing mindfully."

'You're fine, but I don't like the looks of your health insurance.'

"The real question is whether health care is a basic human right or a bona-fide commercial opportunity."

Reception - "I'm afraid you'll have to wait twenty minutes, sir - it's company policy."

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

'I suggest you take this policy. It even covers floods.'

"The benefits agency is always willing to be flexible...but only under certain limited clearly defined circumstances."

"Do me a favor, Harlow. When you greet me, stop saying 'Hello, big spender!'"

Democracy - one of the drawbacks.