Economics Buffs Mugs

'Sure! I rob a bank, and get 10 years! A banker does it, and gets bonuses, and bailed out!'

"Firewood from Russia. . . cheap. . ."

"They don't pay us enough to find the cure for inflation."

'My people have 253 words for snow, but only three for sub-prime mortgage.'

'Site of yet another future bankrupt company.'

Take me to your leader. . .

National debt

'Occupy Wall Street protesters?'

Buffett as the bogeyman.

Public unions.

'...And I bet fatcats don't moan on about the price of birdseed.'

"Not counting the queen and the drones, we have 100% employment."

'How could the government possibly afford a guaranteed annual income? As I see it, the average family needs at least $125,000 per year.'

'I just spent more to fill up the tank than we paid for our first car in 1964.'

'Did you know that half of the world population feeds themselves on less than $2 a day...and yet it cost me £123.60 to travel 1st class from York to Kings Cross last week, and I didn't even get a complimentary sandwich.'

The New Greek Crisis

Obama "Saves" 7 Jobs

Put It On My Tab

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

'Greek debt was downgraded for the 11th time this week, by S&P, to P.O.S. Negative Infinity, meaning it's safer to eat uranium, than own Greek debt.'

'It's okay. We'll just push our retirement plan back a bit.'

Loan Alley

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

'Don't bother cleaning out your desk. We'll be hiring you back as a consultant for half the salary and no benefits.'

"They've made these fund prospectuses much easier to read." Brochure states; 'Give us all your money and get lost."

Dow Jones drop

Gold Medal for IOC boss Thomas Bach in the discipline of Brown-Nosing-Dictators-For-Money.

Standard & Poor

'According to our fact finding committee, our stock won't be worth a dime this quarter.'

'Stand back! All he needs is an injection of long-term capital.'

'All those in favor of requesting a government bailout, say 'Karl Marx'.'

"I rob from the poor and give to the rich."

Sales Chart: Boomerangs LTD

A man is selling, 'Cameron voodoo dolls', outside of job centre.

There will be no economics report...our economics reporter got caught in the tech carnage...