Treasury Official T-Shirts

"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.'

'Thanks! This bailout will save lots of jobs at our plants in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Phillipines, Poland, Indonesia, India, Egypt, Thailand...'

"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."

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

"You're fired."

"Nation-building never works."

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

The Anti-Agent

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

They're Not Just That Into It

Mario Draghi

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

Pretty Flowers

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

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

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

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

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

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

"National security adviser"

'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."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

The Circular Logic of Fascism

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

"What was I thinking?!"

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

Political convention

CIA report