The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out.

Quote by Will Rodgers

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Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in...

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in...

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and...

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and...

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get...

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get...

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

Bush has never sent over a balanced budget.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

A billion here, a billion there...sooner or later it adds up to real money

A billion here, a billion there...sooner or later it adds up to real money

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying...

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying...

Tell Lucien I said fuck it Im tearing holes in my budget. Bag her like...

Tell Lucien I said fuck it Im tearing holes in my budget. Bag her like...

You know how much you love it when you get it in abundance. Give a...

You know how much you love it when you get it in abundance. Give a...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide...

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

It's pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want...

It's pretty clear that [customers] know what their budgets are now, and what they want...

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we...

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we...

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.

My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.