Economic Strategists Mugs

"Managing further cuts to tight budgets is a challenge! So this training will give you a pratical insight into how to 'maximise returns from limited resources'!"

'Sorry kids, we've had to introduce parenting fees.'

British Economy

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

Profit

'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.'

"Our light bill is astronomical living next to a black hole."

"I keep feeling we should float the company"

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

'The good news is I had a very good year.'

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

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

'We're living in a round hole economy.'

'Now that we've defined 'happy deficits' let's try it out on the stockholders.'

'That's what I thought, finances are tight: She's switched to no-name cat food...'

G7 Tax Multinational Companies

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

"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.'

'He's refusing to die as a protest against Inheritance Tax.'

'Are we broke yet?'

"I just..."

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

'The recession is over, again.'

"Well, Comstock, still regret putting our profits back into research?"

'You shouldn't have taken that personal pension.' 'You shouldn't have taken that endowment mortgage.' 'When do you get your free tv license?' Job's comforters, today.

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

'I'm a bit pressed for time. Give me your one-minute elevator pitch.'

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

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