Economy Satirist Gifts

'Guess who's oblivious to the economic downturn.'

'Prefer to say 'p*****g it back into the economy'.'

"Pearson is known for his austere monetary views."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Spot the difference.

'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.

Made in China

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

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

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

'Pretty strange term, market share, considering the whole object is not to.'

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.'

Fuel bill gone through the roof

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

'The recession is over, again.'

"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.'

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

"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-"

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

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

"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."

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

"We need a market icon that reflects the ridiculous market conditions..."

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

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

'Wait a minute....!

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

The Euro - R.I.P.

Money god

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