Economic Satire Mugs

Bank Loans - 'We were looking to buy a tank of petrol.'

'Our mortgage is now owned by a guy named Lenny the Squid in bayonne, N.J.'

"Prospectus in not spelt P...R...O...A...G...A...N...D...A."

'Miss Webley, dump all our bailout funds into my offshore account, but make it look like an accident.'

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

'This country is on the road to ruin.' - 'Well, it'll never get there in this traffic.'

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

The truth is, Congressman, we didn't know it was wrong to screw people.

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

Made in China

'Bit of a staffing problem, Boss. We haven't got any left.'

America's Funniest Interest Rate Hikes

Is this your idea of a joke, Findlay...?

'Let's hope the new norm means that less really is more.'

'The recession is over, again.'

"But there's no way in hell I could afford Jupiter today."

Fuel bill gone through the roof

"Allow me to introduce Recession. Recession is here to stay."

'Agreed, 40 years is a long time to wander around, but think of the travel expenses.'

"The economy's been worsening for a while, but people still don't feel it, Rudy." "...Which means we still have time to get in on the despair action." "Despair action"? "We're going to expand our menu. Add more comfort foods, more 'sale' items, debt consolidation loans..." "Nobody's dumb enough to get a debt consolidation loan from some random guy." "Ha ha hoo hoo hee-"

Vinnie's Repossessions: A Turtle has just had his shell repossessed

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

"Greetings, Earthling - Are you a worker or a drone?"

"True, a salary cap on Wall Street may limit the talent pool, but, on the other hand, if they get any more talented we'll all be broke."

'I think we're setting the bar too low.'

'Bad news on Wall Street. The entire stock market has been downgraded to a 'junk' classification.'

Help! Have to pay back a big world bank loan.

"Consumer confidence remains high as long as we keep them distracted buying stuff."

'The reason I have been able to keep my job through these turbulent times, is that I welcome change, especially if it's from a vending machine.'

Money god

'Okay, let the minutes show we're not absconding with the money until the economy improves...'

The Euro - R.I.P.

Golden parachutes inc. - 'Our pleas for bail-out funds were ignored.'

'Wait a minute....!

Where Ignorance is Bliss.