Budget Shortfall Cartoons and Comics

Welcome to New York (Closed 12 noon - 2 P.M. Owing To Budget Cuts)

"We're a day late and four hundred million dollars short."

"The hostel idea was too expensive."

"The artificial hip was beyond out budget, so we've replaced yours with a can of peaches."

"The IT budget wouldn't run to a laptop."

"To describe our budget shortfall as a 'Black Hole' is both simplistic and inaccurate."

'Do we see eye to eye on this matter?'

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

"Where - oh, where is the money for the deficit coming from?"

"One good thing about a low budget district, the school year is shorter."

"Oops! My mistake, I gave you the yearly budges estimate for supplies, not the monthly estimate."

"We can't afford both Music and Art in our curriculum. So, we compromised."

GP leaders slam premises fee hikes as figures show practices owe £202 million.

"We can't afford a pay rise but would you be happy to accept a 15% increase in meaningless platitudes about how much your work is valued?"

"This is the captain - we're anticipating a slight change of course."