Economic Observer Gifts

Temporarily closed to rethink our concept.

GAS PRICES AT PUMP

Shopper with overloaded cart.

'Your trouble is you're living in the past.'

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

"Great news! The rate of our descent into poverty has reduced by 0.2%."

'We're doing whatever we can to stimulate more retail sales.'

"It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your 401k is?"

Holiday Dollar.

School Calendar Shortened Due to Budget Cuts.

'Oh, just sitting around, waiting for the next computer generated trading bubble to burst, sending the market into death spiral.'

'The wonderful good news is we're hiring 100,000 people...'

Business isn't booming.

"The recession mean economic migrants are returning home..."

Carillion

Euro crisis.

Will work 4 food/will work 4 gas money.

'Stop complaining. We can't afford business class any more.'

Model Out-Of-Town Superstore

'The Donnallys lost their car, but you've got to admire the way they're meeting adversity.'

'You never give up, do you?'

'The government's right. Not counting, food, clothing, energy, shelter, health care, or transportation, inflation is hardly going up.'

' Oh no! I'm being repossessed! '

'I've got good news and bad news...'

"You've got your roubles, I've got mine."

'In the economy, money is the lure.'

Wall Street Down

"Isn't it comforting that even in our fast-moving times there are still things that remain as they were?"

'You can't win in this business- When there's plenty of money in circulation, people start offering you jobs!'

'Stocks dropped on news that high oil prices have created a new consumer group - the Nouveau Poor.'

"It's not a bad time to be out of work. You'll have plenty of company at the unemployment office."

"Gentlemen, we seem to be having a bit of a PR problem."

This year, I will become a better person. That's a low bar. I just can't sit by and watch corporate America outsource jobs. Are you serious? Big businesses are cutting pension funds and health care benefits. They're contributing to the greatest income gap between laborers and management that we've seen since the depression. This year, I vow to do a better job. Of? Joining corporate America in crushing the little guy. I just pray I have the strength to see this through. I vow to wilt like a lily.

After Six Years of Pain, Two Months of Glory

Suddenly You're a Bad Person