Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 22, 1975

Transcript:

Geraldo: Mr. Finkles, as one of New York's past comptrollers, how were you able to build up such a whopping deficit? Man: Well, Geraldo, we had many great tricks... the most common one was selling city bonds on the strength of inflated estimates of anticipated federal funding. This device was very popular among top city money wizards. But let me show you my personal favorite - see column 8 here? This is where we charged the final wage period of one fiscal year to the budget of the next! In so doing, we built up a hidden deficit of two billion dollars! Geraldo: Wow! man: Now, I must caution the folks at home from trying this...