Tax Buster Mugs

Republicans are still making faces at the dems' tax hikes.'

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

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

It beached on a pile of plastic bottles, so they were able to just roll it back out.

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

Turkish Democracy

Budget Bureau. Ernie, spilling something from every food group on it, does not make it a "balanced" budget!

"Hey, honey, the credit card company increased our debt... I mean our credit limit!"

'Would you do me the honour of becoming tax advantaged with me?'

"This is crazy! We've been here only 10 minutes, we've spent all our money, and we've got nothing to show for it!"

'We're cutting back on our legal expenses and going with the violence instead.'

'Tax.'

'Uh oh. I can see another few hundred will be added to your bid.'

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

Oil shock.

Yes, dear, I remembered the coupons and saved a few dollars. The Adventures of Marriedman.

"Well, you know what they say —'The water's always bluer on the other side of the trash fence.'"

'Watch what you admit to. He once tried to fine one of my clients for looking a gift horse in the mouth.'

Horror Theater. Now Playing. Return of the Deficit.

"It was Socrates, wasn't it, who said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living'?"

"I don't mind out of control spending as long as it's on stuff I like."

Osborne's Tax Cuts

'Please excuse the mess - we've been busy throwing good money after bad!'

'I'd like the short form instead...'

Put it in petty cash.

"I've been told to go through all our expenses...cut out any fat, get rid of any costly perks!"

Celebrity endorsements? I thought you said celibate endorsements. No wonder we're coming in under budget.

"They're spelt differently!"

'...And to spare my relatives the burden of inheritance taxes, I've decided not to give them anything.'

Romney Tax Desk: Accounts Receivable...Accounts Believable.

"According to this analysis, Gibbons, last year your department spent forty-five thousand dollars on candy alone."

"Hang the expense, Potter. If you need another pencil, order it."

"We're cutting costs now, so get rid of the petting zoo."

'Dad's saying he controls my allowance because of something called the Commerce Clause.'

Tax grab.