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Still austere.

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

'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.'

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

"Gee, thanks pal."

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

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

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

'The great thing is, the poor won't be able to squander it on luxuries such as dignity, equality and hope!'

"Okay... how about some people are poverty rich but asset poor?"

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'Mixed day on Wall Street. Economic indicators were up, but executive bonuses were down.'

"Efficiency savings...protect front line services BLAH! BLAH! refocus on core objectives BLAH BLAH!"

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

Recession

Bad news, boss. The rat race is out of cheese!

'Good news! I think we can make your portfolio quite bearable.'

"Since when did economists become sociologists?!"

We pay the maximum minimum wage.

Profit slump

Capitalism: Creates, Jobs & Wealth.

'How can they call it a shared sacrifice in this bad economy...when your pay cut was 10% and mine, 25%?!'

The hourglass figure of economic injustice.

Bring flag factories back to America.

'Of course, in the long term we're all extinct.'

Minimum wage.

'Profit in the garbage.'

'Rising health costs are the biggest drain on the economy, so I'll be laying off some of my patients.'

Osborne's Tax Cuts

'Sorry - I only donate big.'

Euro around the world.

You may have hired the best lawyer but I don't think that you can sue God because of a downgoing Dow Jones, sir.