Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget

“You didn’t think it through.” [Mad Men, 2007]





It is all about “how” you ask the question:

- Do you want a Ferrari Spider? (uh – yes! absolutely!)

- Do you want to take out a third mortgage on your house to pay for a Ferrari Spider? (uh – no.)

- Do you want to pay $1,500 for an oil change? Or how about $10,000+ for a tune-up? (uhh– no not really.)


What is the consequence of having champagne taste on a beer budget on a national level?

Austerity Budget - a budget imposed on a country by its government with the goal of reducing the national deficit by way of cutting consumer spending and cutting the funding to entitlements.

"Even in this corner of the galaxy, Captain, two plus two equals four." [Star Trek, 1966]