Treasury Official Gifts

"It's a graph of economic recovery...which way up do you want it?"

Gladstone returning to Westminster without a new ticket

'As a cost-cutting measure, from now on we're going to print the stimulus money on recycled paper.'

"Leak to the press: Brussels bail-outs are French currency manipulation, costing British bureaucrats' jobs!"

'Come in! come in!'....we'll see what we can do about your ongoing, way-to-fast growth problem!'

"To say that public finances are in a 'Black Hole' is simplistic and inaccurate."

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

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

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

The Anti-Agent

"Nation-building never works."

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

"You're fired."

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

Mario Draghi

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

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

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

"National security adviser"

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

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

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

"What was I thinking?!"

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

Political convention

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

CIA report

'Plimbco Bank &Trust, Old Money Division.'

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

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

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"