Budget humour

Got this email today...

A driver is stuck in a major traffic jam just outside Dublin on the M50 motorway.

Nothing is moving.
Suddenly a Garda knocks on the window. The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What's going on?"
"Pensioners"  have kidnapped Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan & Mary Harney, and a bunch of Bankers.
They're asking for a €30 million ransom, otherwise they're going to douse them with petrol and set them on fire.
We're going from car to car taking up a collection."
The driver asks, "How much is everyone giving, on average?"
"About a gallon."