Public Policy Wonk Gifts

'Don't you have anything larger?'

'The transit system got a big subsidy when they agreed to carry missiles on their buses and trains.'

'If this warning label on cigarettes packets doesn't stop people smoking, nothing will.'

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Good boy."

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

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

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

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

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

"National security adviser"

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

E.U. Banking Union.

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

'Answer these constituents letters. Tell them to go to hell in a nice way.'

"Is there any way I could get a dashboard instead of a report card?"

'We're asking what america can do without to reduce the deficit...no, ma'ma! the Gop and Dems are not options!'

Obama Healthcare.

"Nous somme desir-eh, go, er, allez, erm, universitaire français, s'il vous plait."

'The recession is over, again.'

'The only cuts we can all agree with are their cutting remarks!'

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

"The date protection policy is all about access to information, and we all know information is POWER!"

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

"We have been elected to the UN Commission on Women's Rights!"

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

Rock and a Hard Place

"Tariffs"

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

'What's the difference? Some people call it privatizing government. Others call it super pacs buying congressmen.'

'What I have to do first?!'

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.