Bank Critic Gifts

Foreclosure.

"Would anyone like to question my downsizing proposal?"

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

"In a further effort to increase profits, control costs and satisfy shareholders, we've decided to steal stuff."

You can fool some of the people all of the time - "Send in some of the people, Dorothy."

"You realize, of course, that I'll have to make a big show of having security escort you out."

"You never actually own a pension pot - you merely look after it for the next government."

'The bad news is that our company is bankrupt. The good news is that we're only morally bankrupt.'

'So, a bailout is like a Ponzi scheme for automakers?'

"I'm not the responsible party. I have people for that."

Trickledown economics

Wall Street lights the American Dream on fire while citizens try to burn Wall Street.

World Financial Mafia

The COMPANY is always right.

'George, are you responsible for chopping down this here World Economy?'

Bank Robbery Statistics

"When the going gets tough, the tough get a government handout."

'If you had more criminal potential, you'd get a bonus like all the other investment bankers!'

"Budget Cuts."

"We can't all work for Goldman Sachs."

'We're sorry. Yesterday's report on the tax system being replaced by voluntary contributions was traced to a practical joker.'

Mismanagement at the Bank of England

Why Can't We Make Money From Our Mistakes Like Equifax?

"Workers have obligation to limit their economic demands to make the USA more competitive!"

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF, 'It's official, sir - EVERYBODY'S overdrawn!'

"We need to start listening to our customers."

'Great shareholder report, sir! I admire the way you avoided any hint of substance.'

'For a C.E.O., he's very hands-on.'

'You're a bad credit risk so, yes, of course you can have some money.'

"If you hold it up to your ear you can hear the sloshing sound of trillions of dollars worth of unsecured debt."

Banks or Loansharks?

"We're acquiring another company. That'll give you the opportunity to lay off hundreds of employees."

'Would you believe that I lost my job just because the banking regulatory authority said that I'm too greedy??!'

'Let me get this straight, Reverend. You would now like to diversify the Church's 'No Sin' endowment to include some 'Greed'?'

Done With You