Economic Enlightenment Seeker Prints

Gas Prices

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

"... and I have a follow-up question regarding rawhide."

'Please remember that these figures could be off as much as two dollars.'

'And remember to emphasize we're giving them the opportunity to find a better job.'

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"Gentlemen, we're missing a great opportunity by not hitching this company to the current tailspin."

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

"Oh, great - They changed the Meaning of Life again."

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

Annual profits,

The economy.

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

"O.K. he's a billionaire, but how much of it is in cash?"

'It's good to be here. We're having economic problems where we come from.'

G7 Summit Concern

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

"At $4 a dozen, it's hard to balance a career and a family."

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

'Oh, I'm not a guru -- I'm just big on personal space.'