"How's this, waiter? You've charged me two dollars and a half for planked steak!"
"Sorry sir, but lumber's gone up again."
Our Government does not profess to live within its income, but only within ours.
"Farm products cost more than they used to."
"Yes," replied Mr. Corntossel. "When a farmer is supposed to know the botanical name of what he's raisin' an' the zoological name of the insect that eats it, and the chemical name of what will kill it, somebody's got to pay."
Its Friendly Way
"How are we to meet the high cost of living?"