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.

"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?"

"Good boy."

"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"

We Tenatively Oppose War on Strictly Procedural Grounds

"National security adviser"

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

Ahem. I'm eating. Not now, please. Just one tiny question. Believers I American exceptionalism have always said we're the paragon of democracy. So I'm just wondering … How come one party is passing unnecessary laws that'll keep millions of us from voting? They're robbing us of our voice! Could've surprised me.

E.U. Banking Union.

How a Bill Becomes a Law, 2023

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

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

To Err Is Human, to Mess up Big-Time Is Democratic

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

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

'The recession is over, again.'

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

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

Obama Healthcare.

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

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

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

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

Pennies for People, Billions for War

"Tariffs"

'What I have to do first?!'

Rock and a Hard Place

European Union: Entering a prohibitive tax zone.

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