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Summer Gas Price Hikes

'No, you've already sniffed once today, now it's your brother's turn!'

"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."

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

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

"I'm as progressive as they come, except for my money. No one touches my money."

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US dollar perched on fragile house of cards.

Republicans and Democrats debate while the US economy drowns.

"Sure, money may be imaginary - but at least it's got everybody imagining it."

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

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'. . .actually I'm not a real Guru, I was forced up here originally by the property prices.'

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

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

"The good news is that profits are up 76%. . . The BAD news is that costs are up 83%."

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

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

'Yes, we have a very diversified economy around here.'

'You can't fire me! I'm too big to fail!'

Recession

You would have to work decades to make what many CEO's do in an hour.

World Economics

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

'Some think we economic forecasters speak a lot of Mumbo Jumbo'

'They're just a few bored students with some vague ideology. They'll be gone and forgotten in no time.'

Profit slump

"Since when did economists become sociologists?!"

'Profit in the garbage.'

The hourglass figure of economic injustice.